PeopleFinderOutreachLists

From Katrina Help Info

Spread the word about PeopleFinder! Use the resources at PeopleFinderCollateral to help you. Below, please:

  1. JOIN one of our PeopleFinder lists (http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php?title=PeopleFinderMarketingLists#PeopleFinder_Lists)
  2. ADD your suggestions (http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php?title=PeopleFinderMarketingLists#Should_Outreach_To) about lists/sites/groups/people we should join and email PeopleFinder announcements to
  3. CONTACT and then Log (http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php?title=PeopleFinderMarketingLists#Already_Reached) your contact with any lists/sites/groups/people so that we won't be redundant
  4. ADD links to any related projects (http://192.122.183.218/wiki/index.php?title=PeopleFinderMarketingLists#Related_Projects) you know of
Table of contents
1 PeopleFinder Lists
2 Should Outreach To
3 Already Reached
4 Blurbs Posted to Email Distribution Lists
5 Related Projects

PeopleFinder Lists

Please join!

  • peoplefinder-subscribe@activist-tech.org for people
  • katrinadev-subscribe@civicspacelabs.org for techies

Should Outreach To

Please list groups/people/sites that we should reach out to with PeopleFinder announcements format: URL / Group Name / Contact Info / Your Name

  • example: www.civicspacelabs.org / Zack AT civicspacelabs DOT org / Andrew Hoppin
  • From LIZA SABATER, liza -at- culturekitchen DOTCOM:
    • I have a growing list of the top 100 liberal, progressive and feminist bloggers in the US. I need :
  1. Help checking my list for those missing from the Top 100 (as per the NDI's report http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/003270.html)
  2. Help compiling the list for CONSERVATIVE BLOGGERS. Please go to http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/003270.html so you can download the report and get the emails together.
  3. If you have email lists for top bloggers (ie, Technorati 100 or Feedster 500), then we can build a database of the major players of the blogosphere.
  • Make contact with City Cares / Hands On Network for pre-screened volunteers who can work on ad hoc projects such as KPFP. http://www.handsonnetwork.org/our-network/ They may need a little orientation about the concept of online volunteering, but this is a very good potential match. Today I spoke to Lisa Flick (LFlick@HandsonNetwork.org), who is the Hands On Network's national director of network development. She is very enthusiastic about sending out word of volunteering opportunities with KPFP to all of their chapters, but has requested clearer instructions for volunteers, and will hold off until we get them to her. I'm staying in touch with Sue Cline about that. - Deborah Elizabeth Finn
  • Make contact with Community Technology Center Network. http://www.ctcnet.org Kavita Singh (ksingh@ctcnet.org)is the executive director. They coordinate a network of centers that focus on public access and training in using computers. These are places where clusters of volunteers can gather to input records. These are also places where evacuees (and people looking for them) can walk in and get online to contact loved ones. I have an email to Kavita Singh, and received a very positive response. - Deborah Elizabeth Finn
  • Make contact with the National Association of Social Workers. http://www.naswdc.org/ This is the professional association for many who serve as first responders in disaster relief. A lot of the more senior social workers are techno-phobic, but a small and growing contingent of newly minted social workers is tech-savvy. Offer to train them. The best intermediary is John McNutt (http://cosw.sc.edu/faculty/mcnuttj.html), professor of social work who specializes in information technology and electronic advocacy.
  • Through a post of mine to the ARNOVA email list (Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action), Jeff Elder of United Way <jeff.elder@uwa.unitedway.org>, who is UWA's director of social and economic research, heard about KPFP, and emailed me to say that he had spoken to Rhonda Veugen <rhonda.veugen@uwa.unitedway.org>, who is director of eCommunity at United eWay. He urged me to be in touch with her, so I left her a voicemail message, and hope to speak with her soon. According to Jeff, Rhonda says that "some local Volunteer Centers and UWs that are already doing this work very well." UPDATE: I have since spoken to both Jeff and Rhonda on the phone, and they both say that Tamara Schomber would be the decision-maker on behalf of United Way in this case. At the moment, she's too busy to approach, but I will be in touch with her when things quiet down. - Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Already Reached

(URL / Group Name / Contact Info / Who Contacted / Date Contacted / Result


EXAMPLE OF CONTACT VERBIAGE:

Katrinalist.net unites family and friends

The Katrina PeopleFinder Project combines information from dozens of web sites into a single searchable database to more efficiently help family members, friends, neighbors, employers and employees find one another.

Users can enter a name, phone number, e-mail address, city, zip code, or the neighborhood of the person they are looking for. The search platform is located at: http://www.katrinalist.net/

Within 7 days of the storm, more than 85,000 records obtained from forums and other sites were manually entered into the central repository by volunteers. The list continues to grow.

Additional volunteers are needed. Tasks are varied. To find out more, please visit the project website located at: http://katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/PeopleFinderVolunteer


To avoid redundancy, do a 'control>F' search of list below before contacting media/press source.


  • www.mikemalloy.com / Air America Radio host Mike Malloy / /Claudia Slate /9-04-05 / Sent via email to Mike and program producer; not on the air until 9-6-05 so unknown result

e.g.: www.civicspacelabs.org / CivicSpace Labs / Zack AT civicspacelabs DOT org / Andrew Hoppin / 9-5-05 / Blog posted

  • www.democraticunderground.com / Democratic Underground / Claudia Slate / 9-04-05
  • www.dailykos.com / Daily Kos / Claudia Slate / 9-04-05 / Diary Posted - Multiple postings in open threads over several days
  • www.kucinich.us / Re-Elect Kucinich Committee / Claudia Slate / 9-5-05 / Button Posted and posted in forum
  • ~ / Progressive Gold / proggold at cloggie.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.talkleft.com /Talk Left / talkleft at aol.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • wwww.indsofchange.net /Winds of Change / joe at windsofchange.net / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.theamateurpundit.com / The Amateur Pundit / theamateurpundit at hotmail.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.cursor.org / Cursor / mediapatrol at cursor.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.smudgereport.com / Smudge Report / alsmudge at smudgereport.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.alternet.org / AlterNet / info at alternet.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.asticles.com / Asticles / asticle_alert_manager at asticles.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.buzzflash.com / BuzzFlash / buzzflash at buzzflash.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.dissidentvoice.org / Dissident Voice / editor at dissidentvoice.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.eatthestate.org / Eat the State! / editorial at eatthestate.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.Fluxview.com / FluxRostrum Enterprises / Info at Fluxview.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.gnn.tv / Guerrilla News Network / gnn_editorial at gnn.tv / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.irregulartimes.com / Irregular Times / submit at irregulartimes.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.politick.info / Politick / dylan at politick.info / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.irregulartimes.com / Irregular Times / submit at irregulartimes.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.Bayosphere.com / Bayosphere / Dan Gillmor / 9-5-05 / Article Posted
  • www.civicspacelabs.org / CivicSpace Labs / Andrew Hoppin / 9-2-05 / Annoucement posted to -dev and -community lists
  • www.boomantribune.com/?op=displaystory;sid=2005/9/5/10532/20837 / Booman Tribune / Nag / 9-4-05 / diary
  • www.boingboing.net /Rebekb/09-05-2005/waiting to see
  • www.opednews.com / OpEd News / contact at opednews.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.afterdowningstreet.org/ david at davidswanson.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.pdamerica.org / Progressive Democrats of America / info at pdamerica.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.aberdeennews.com / Aberdeen American News / americannews at aberdeennews.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.argusleader.com / Argus Leader / editor at argusleader.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.commondreams.org / Common Dreams / submissions at commondreams.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.gunsandbutter.net / Guns & Butter Radio show / mahko at gunsandbutter.net / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.gunsandbutter.net / Guns & Butter Radio show / faulkner at gunsandbutter.net / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • ~ / Eschaton / atrios at comcast.net / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • ~ / Hullabaloo / digby at writeme.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.madKane.com / Madeleine Begun Kane / MadKane at MadKane.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • ~ / Lotus - Surviving a Dark Time / Whoviating at aol.com / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • ~ / Morgaine Swann / morgaine at the-goddess.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • www.nathannewman.org / NathanNewman.org / contact at nathannewman.org / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / emailed; unknown
  • ~ / Keith Olberman / KOlbermann at msnbc.com / Claudia Slate / 9-05-05 / emailed info
  • www.prorev.com /Progressive Review / news at prorev.com / Claudia Slate / 9-05-05 / emailed info
  • www.bigbrassblog.com / Big Brass Blog Alliance / mail at bigbrassblog.com/ Claudia Slate / 9-06-05 / emailed info
  • www.meetwithcindy.org/index.html / Meet With Cindy / form at website / Claudia Slate / 9-06-05 / unknown
  • www.gsfp.org / Gold Star Families for Peace / webmaster at 4osad.com / Claudia Slate / 9-06-05 / emailed - unknown
  • www.democrats.com/node/5946#comment-37629 / Democrats.com / /Claudia Slate / 9-06-05 / posted a note on the forum
  • www.pda-va.org / PDA-Virginia / linda at baldwinridge.com / Claudia Slate / 9-06-05 / emailed - unknown
  • http://uspirg.org / Gene Karpinski, U.S. PIRG Executive Director / GeneK at uspirg.org / Claudia Slate / 9-06-05 / emailed - unknown
  • (http://www.google.com/press@google.com /M. DeBussy/ 09/08/2005, e-mailed, result unknown
  • (http://www.drphil.com/ M. DeBussy/ 9/9/05/e-mailed, result unknown
  • http://national.unitedway.org/ M. DeBussy/ 9/9/05/emailed, result unknown
  • http://www.montelshow.com/ M. DeBussy/ 9/9/05/emailed, result unknown
  • http://www.oprah.com/ M. DeBussy/ 9/9/05/emailed, result unknown
  • newstips@wnyt.com/ M. DeBussy/ 9/9/05/emailed, result unknown
  • 4listens@kron4.com/ M. DeBussy/ 9/9/05/emailed, result unknown
  • kpixnewsassign.editors@cbs.com/ M. DeBussy/ 9/9/05/emailed/ result unknown.
  • Meta Entry /Claudia Slate / 09-11-05 / Have sent out the PR to over 40 Progressive websites, media and list servs on my distribution lists. Continue to post current updates about the project gleaned from our mail list discussions and call for participation to large blogs and forums like Democratic Underground and Daily Kos on daily basis.
  • http://www.wordofblog.net / Word of Blog / 09/18/2005 / Deborah Elizabeth Finn / Successfully submitted Katrina PeopleFinder badge ad to this free service that enables bloggers and webmasters to display the ad on their web pages as a public service announcement.

Blurbs Posted to Email Distribution Lists

  • Innovation Funders Network / techfunders@list.nten.org by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Vol-Info / Vol-Info@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • EActivists / eactivists@yahoogroups.com / by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Human Services Forum / Human_Services_Forum@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Geeks For America / Geeks_For_America@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • .Org Webmasters / orgwebmasters@lists.discussionpro.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Nonprofit Tech Talk / nonprofit_tech_talk@communityforum.net by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Massachusetts Women In Technology / MASSWIT@worldwit.org by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Community Education / communityeducation@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Association for Internet Research / air-l@aoir.org by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • CITSA / citasa@lists.ist.psu.edu by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • ACT-MA / act-ma@igc.topica.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Association for Information & Referral Services / airsnetworker@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 05 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Information Systems Forum / information_systems_forum@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 04 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Boston Technobabes / bostontechnobabes@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 04 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Global eRiders / interider@npogroups.org by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Digital Divide Network / digitaldivide@milhouse.edc.org by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Riders Talk / riders-talk@npogroups.org by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Community Informatics / communityinformatics@vancouvercommunity.net by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Teach Electronic Advocacy / teach_ea@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Electronic Advocacy / electronicadvocacy@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Human Service Information Technology Applications / husita@listserv.uta.edu by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action / arnova-l@listserv.wvu.edu by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 03 September 2005, follow up on 11 September 2005
  • Bibliophile Group (private booksellers email list, 1000 members) / Rebekb 21:50, 5 Sep 2005 (EDT)
  • Green Democrats list serv / Private list with 84 members / Claudia Slate / 09-05-05 / posted to group who promised to help distribute the info
  • Misc.Activism.Progressive NewsGroup / Claudia Slate / 09-06-05 / Posted to the newsgroup
  • Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network / nten@list.nten.org by Joe Baker on 11 September 2005
  • Austin (TX) 501 Tech Club / 501techclub-austin@list.nten.org by Jon Lebkowsky on 11 September 2005
  • Nonprofit Emerging Technology Exchange / nptech@googlegroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 12 September 2005
  • Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy-New England / epipne@yahoogroups.com by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on 12 September 2005

Related Projects

The Katrina Relief Projects mailing list is meant to provide a communications mechanism for the vast number of web developers who are creating websites and databases to aid in the relief effort. Goals of the list include: Increasing awareness of projects and their goals, Connecting developers with others working on similar projects to facilitate coordination and avoid duplication of effort, Opening discussion on larger-scale collaboration across the community, including the potential for standardized data models and APIs, This list should be used for discussion of active or planned projects only. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Katrinarelief-projects Archives.

If you are a volunteer looking to find a project to help...

COMBINES the CNN, Next of Kin Registry and MSNBC missing persons lists and then makes the combined list SEARCHABLE to find missing persons from the Hurricane Katrina disaster. By Wednesday, Sept 7th, the American Red Cross list should be integrated into the combined list as well. IN ADDITION, http://www.WeCareTexas.com offers FREE Auto Dialing Lost Persons' Telephone Numbers until they are found. The second service offered by http://WeCareTexas.com is to extend free use of its automated calling center to people searching for Katrina survivors. The service will continually call a specified number entered by a searcher until that number answers and then the system delivers an automated recorded message advising them to contact friends and family. Interested parties can engage this service through the http://www.WeCareTexas.com website.

  • Researchers interested in analyzing data about the process and outcome of this project:

- John McNutt, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) mcnuttjg@gwm.sc.edu

- Paul Resnick, School of Information, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) presnick@umich.edu

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