[RTC List] Great news!

[Larry Goldberg]

RTC folks,

I have great news!  In just over 24 hours, RTC volunteers Josh Koenig (of
Chapter Three), Matt Koglin (of Antinomia) and Michael Welch (Redwood
Alliance) stepped up to the plate and helped put together a great new
website: http://www.homematching.org which is a person-to-person matching
service designed to match victims of the S. Cal. fires with volunteers
from around the state willing to offer temporary housing.

In a rapid series of phone networking, Rotary International is considering
sponsorship of the site (their endorsement requires some approvals and is
pending), but the Red Cross, The Governor's Office of Emergency Services
and FEMA are all looking to link to this site.  The great thing is that
now it's built (and will eventually be improved) we're going to eventually
find a home for it where it can be re-launched anytime for any disaster
anywhere (to avoid re-inventing the wheel, yet again, next time).

We are working a press release at this time and, once issued, will be
disseminated to state and national media for distribution.

If any of you have rooms or homes to offer, please log on and log into the
system.  All feedback is welcome and we encourage everyone to help out
wherever possible - just e-mail us and we'll plug you in to help.  Many
thanks to Josh, Matt, Michael and the Rotarians of SW Rotary for their
assistance.  The RTC comes through again!