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[Tim McNamara <paperless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/10/1 Gavin Treadgold <gt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> On 2009-10-01, at 22:15 , Steve Davis wrote:
>
> ... but I would prefer for those conversations to happen when we wont be
>> seen as a distraction. There's a lot of reputation to lose if we say we can
>> offer the world and a new application (Sahana) ends up being a hinderance.
>>
>
> Exactly, and also why I am not really keen to rush to talk to Red-X. If we
> had something up and running would be a bit different.
>
>
> I'm firmly in this camp as well, I almost think it would be better for use
> to treat this as an 'exercise' for the cluster to see what we need to have
> in place for next time when something does occur. E.g. we're identifying
> data, potential users, perhaps prepopulating some organisational details
> etc.
>

Well it certainly convinces me that this whole microblogging thing works..
check out http://tr.im/statistics/Aivt - that's more visits than NZ-specific
sahana has ever received in  the space of three hours by far.


> It just reinforces to me that we really need to get Sahana in a better
> shape to encourage adoption before an event occurs. I feel it will be a
> fruitless model to continually chase.
>

:/ this is a difficult one. Activity like this will continue to convince
people that an open source solution, such as Sahana, will be the only way
forward for small and developing countries. Not to mention community orgs
that perform CD duties.


> I think the real opportunity is going to come in 3-6 months time when most
> of the response and immediate issues have been dealt with, and we can then
> promote Sahana as something to deploy in advance of the next cyclone,
> earthquake or tsunami in the Pacific.
>

If this week crystalises into motivation and that motivation into action,
then yes - very true.

>
> This gives us about 3-4 months to get Sahana in good shape for promotion.
>
> Cheers Gav
>