Category: Blog
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Sahana Software Foundation announces reconstitution of the Board of Directors
It is with great pleasure that I can announce, that Sahana Software Foundation effective 23rd June 2014, reconstituted the Board of Directors, following the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors. I am especially pleased that we can congratulate Chamindra de Silva and Brent Woodworth back on the Board of Directors. I look forward to…
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Sahana MeetUp – Colombo, Sri Lanka + Virtual
We had a great Meetup this week with 15 people – 10 in Sri Lanka and 5 joining virtually. We started off together, and then split into a virtual group and a on-location group before reporting back together at the end. We were lucky to have Preeti Jha from UNDP to share the work she’s…
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IOTX Sri Lanka : SahanaCamp
IOTX Sri Lanka : SahanaCamp was a participatory workshop on the use of Disaster Management Information Systems with a focus on the Sahana Open Source Disaster Management Information System. It gave participants An introduction to real-world Sahana disaster management solutions Hands on experience using Sahana to manage information and make decisions in a disaster simulation. Analysis…
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IOTX Sri Lanka: A glimpse from the eyes of an intern
I have been associated with Sahana Software Foundation since October, 2013, first as a volunteer contributor, then as a Sahana intern for four months and since April as a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) intern. Sahana Software Foundation held its SahanaCamp and Sahana Conference in conjunction with the Indian Ocean Tsunami 10th (IOTX) Anniversary convention…
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IOTX Sri Lanka : Sahana Bar Camp
The first day of the Sahana Barcamp was held at the WSO2 office. It was a really cool place and seemed to have good work culture ( They had a drum kit and guitar in cafeteria. That made my day 😀 ) We started the Bar Camp off with planning the sessions, removing clashes and…
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IOTX Sri Lanka : CAP Code-Fest
The CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) Code-Fest was the hacker’s day of the week ( Everybody was plugged in, with coffee beside every laptop 😀 ) CAP is a XML based data format which is used to send warnings, alerts and other important data during emergencies. This allows the disaster and risk management tools and other tools used during…
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IOTX Sri Lanka: Sahana Strategic Planning Workshop
I am happy to announce that Sahana Strategic Planning Workshop was conducted on 15 June 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The workshop was attended by many members of the Sahana Software Foundation as well as some of the GSOC interns. We kicked off workshop started with an ice breaker activity which got us thinking…
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SahanaCamp & Sahana Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 18-22nd June 2014
The Sahana Software Foundation is excited to invite participants for our upcoming SahanaCamp and Sahana Conference to be held in conjunction with the Indian Ocean Tsunami 10th (IOTX) Anniversary convention in Colombo Sri Lanka between 18-22nd June. Registration is open now: http://www.iotxconvention.org/registration SahanaCamp SahanaCamp will be a participatory workshop on the Sahana Disaster Management Information…
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Welcome to 2014 Sahana Google Summer of Code Students!
The Sahana Software Foundation is proud to announce the eleven recipients of the 2014 Google Summer of Code internships with the Sahana Eden and Vesuvius Projects. Competition for these slots was very high. We received many proposals including several from students who were already actively contributing code and ideas to the Sahana Software Foundation, or…
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Symbols in Alerts feed into Federation of Internet Alerting Standards
Almost one year ago, I had presented a concept on the use of “pictographs in alerting” and shared the evidence for the growing need for such an initiative. This was at the 2013 CAP Implementation Workshop in Geneva. The real need was to aid the linguistically challenged: tourist in a foreign country and illiterate. Moreover, it…