On 26/06/2015 8:37 AM, Brent Kimberley wrote: ...
If timed properly (following housing, food, water, sewage, medical, internal governance, mail) such initiatives might reduce internal crime, vandalism, conflict, etc and provide the entire camp with opportunities and hope.
Lumping these problems with food, water and basic essentials risk making the problem unmanageably complex. I expect given Evan's background, he's focusing on the areas where he can make the most impact. There are people who are talented contractors who would normally be knowledge workers outside the camp, who's skills aren't being used and risk irrelevance while they're stuck there. Evan, does that sum up your target audience for this? If I were looking for info on this, I would seriously consider doing some lightning talks in the European FOSS and hacker conference circuits. Lots of European hackers play with the digital nomad lifestyle and might be able to help. It's hard to know how it would be received. I would expect that you're likely to get a lot of good names and good volunteers, some who may have lived through the experience. The Chaos Camp is on this year near Berlin. Let me know if you head out there, I might be in the neighbourhood :-) Another spot to ask might be Telcom Sans Frontieres, they may have people who have insight into local talent during crisis. I expect you probably already bent their ears though. I have a friend who may have contacts there. Other than the above $.02, I'm clueless on the subject. Mike