[RTC List] Emergency aid efforts

[Josh Koenig]

Hey Larry,

I could potentially set up/host something like this in relatively  
short order. Do you have a sense of what criteria we would be using  
to match?

-j

> Dear RTC folks,
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> This is an emergency appeal and I know you folks will come through  
> with a
> fast and efficient solution.
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> I am a member of the Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka.  As with most of
> you, I have been watching the news about the fires in S. California  
> and
> this is a monumental disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina -  
> except
> this time it's in our state.  We need to step up and help NOW.
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> It occurred to me while watching CNN news that the air quality is
> unbelievably bad right now (and all of us who have experienced  
> downstream
> smoke from our fires a few years ago knows what they must be  
> experiencing
> now).  On top of folks losing their homes and neighborhoods, the  
> fact that
> they're breathing this dangerous air is really scary (recall the  
> long-term
> health fallout from the people in New York City after 9/11!)  In  
> any case,
> especially for children, these folks have to GET OUT NOW and wait  
> for the
> fires to subside before they can get back to rebuilding their lives  
> (and
> speaking about Katrina, you know how long that could take).
>
> I had a brainstorm this morning that we should offer a home-matching
> service which can pair people up through an automated website to find
> temporary housing.  My Rotary Club (and probably all the clubs of this
> area) are prepared to sponsor this effort  but we need a host site  
> with a
> secure SQL server with an application running that can do this.  In  
> other
> words, we're trying to find someone out there that is already  
> running some
> kind of matching service which will allow people to log on  
> securely, enter
> their info (number of rooms or house available for people to stay,  
> pets,
> length of stay available, etc...) and match them to people who log in
> looking for a place to stay.  I can give specific info we need once we
> find a working system.  This type of site must already exist in the  
> local
> area, but I don't know where.
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> I thought that the Red Cross might have something like this working  
> from
> the Hurricane Katrina disaster, but they don't.  It appears that the
> Governor's office of Emergency Services could use a system like  
> this too.
> Who has ideas how to do this and how quickly can we get it up and  
> running?
> It needs to be branded with the Rotary International logo and it  
> needs to
> be secure and robust enough to handle a lot of traffic.  Please  
> send me
> your ideas and I welcome all input on how best to accomplish this.   
> Thanks
> - I know you will all come through!
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Josh Koenig, Partner
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