politics

I'm posting this on behalf of my friends at Purpose Campaigns...

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NZ government is about to pass a new Patents Act.  In the 8-year review, they seemingly forgot to consider the impacts of patents on computer software!  Submissions on the bill are being accepted till 2 July, so we need to move fast.  Make a submission now!

Hi folks,

I put a feeler out on a couple of listserves earlier today about starting a DC CiviCRM user group and got a good response. I went ahead and started a Meetup and am planning the first Meetup for April 22nd at 6:30pm at the Black Squirrel in Adams Morgan.

You can sign up for the Meetup group at: http://www.meetup.com/dc-civicrm-meetup/

For over thirty years Greenpeace has been at the frontline defending the environment. The web is a crucial tool in almost everything we do.

The entire environmental movement has been but a dress rehearsal for the fight against climate change. In December 2009 the most important boring meeting in history will take place. Governments will convene in Copenhagen to decide the steps that they will take globally to address climate change and with this they will decide all our futures.

Greenpeace aims to mobilise New Zealanders to ensure our representatives hear the voices of their constituency and make the right commitments to protect our fragile planet. With your help we will develop an extraordinary web platform on which this mobilisation will manifest.

NeonGecko is looking for an experienced Drupal developer to enhance, extend, and support custom modules for the aggregation, management and presentation of political data. We are close to launch on a new network of political websites with the goal of informing and enabling voters as well as building communities around political issues.

Hi folks,

I began working on a side project a month or so ago to create a system with Drupal that will allow organizers to collaboratively manage volunteers, events and field operations. I have been surprised by the demand for a system like this and I would like to take this past idea stage and formalize a fork of Drupal for campaigns/organizations.

The general functionality I am looking to build in (some of which is completed) is:
1) Calendar
2) Management of campaign requests
2) Task management
3) Volunteer database

The New America Foundation (www.newamerica.net) is seeking a new media professional with 4-8 years experience to help improve and expand our online presence.

This is not a Drupal developer job, or a webmaster position with a different title -- what we need is a smart power user who's comfortable with Drupal, and wouldn't mind learning more.

Hi all,

We are seeking volunteers to help design, develop and contribute content to a new online community - OneWorldWiki. People at any skill level or interest in Drupal are welcome - designers, developers, themers, or simply people who want to make a difference.

The "wiki" in OneWorldWiki means mass collaboration. Originally, we started using Mediawiki but found it too limiting so we're now using the wonderful world of Drupal.

Hello all,

A few of us in the activist community trying to raise the profile of the Palestinian cause decided that we are way overdue a community website.

There are many organisations from Canada to Japan that are doing their thing trying to get more attention on the plight of the Palestinians.

However, all these efforts are completely disjointed and few people really know what's going on where.

So, this planned community hub/portal would do the following:

• connect activists/campaigners/interested people
• provide news (through feeds of useful websites)

This is not a Drupal job per se, but all of the New America Foundation's sites are Drupal-based, so a "power user" who's familiar with and interested in the Drupal community would be ideal. Details below, and at http://www.newamerica.net/about/employment_opportunities/6956

Managing Editor, NewAmerica.net

The New America Foundation is seeking a managing editor for NewAmerica.net to help improve and expand our online presence. The ideal candidate will have a love of both journalism and technology, and be keenly interested in a wide range of public policy.