24-03-2009, Sahana 2009 http://sahana2009.foss.lk
Ajay KumarSahana [email protected]
http://www.ajuonline.net
Sahana Community Building in India
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AgendaSahana – Bihar Deployment by IBM India
RequirementsDeployment InformationLessons Learned
Beginning of the Sahana – India communityEfforts/Work done so farApproach followedLessons learned
Thinking Global, Acting LocalGenerating local clusters of Sahana community for the
Global good.Ways to generate interest and contributions of and by
the community
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Bihar Floods 2008
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Sahana Response
Started by setting up a team from IBM KolkataIBM India took over and expanded Evaluating Sahana & showcasing it to the State Government.Chief Sponsors – Secretary, IT, State of Bihar.Actively supported by the Sahana community members.
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Requirements of the Bihar Scenario
Initial Requirements:Tracking relief campsTracking NGO's supporting
operationsTracking relief material flow
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Requirements of the Bihar Scenario
Other Interests:Missing Person RegistryVictim Tracking, with a view to
capture impact & potentially compute compensation
Donation Management
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How did Sahana fit for the purpose?The needs match with the following modules with/without customizations:
Organization RegistryDisaster Victim RegistryMissing Person RegistryShelter RegistryRequest Management System
Possible New Modules:module to accept data entry according to the
government data capture forms → Designed by IBM
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How did it really go through?
IBM Team does customizations, testing and trains the users around 15-20.The trained officials imparted training to authorized field collection officers identified by District Collectors.After a complete training and handover, government officials took care of data entry
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How did it really go through?
Government changed its collection approachFunded and authorized the officers in the field to collect the data, later to be entered in the system centrally. Data collection two of the five affected districts - Saharsa and Purnea. Central server at Patna, the capital.
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Learning outcomes & Experience
I am a student!I am an Indian!
I am a FOSS enthusiast!I had contributed to Sahana!
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Indian FOSS Community
Source: Google OSPO Blog http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-top-10s-for-google-summer-of-code.html
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Indian FOSS Community
INDIA
LocalizationAdvocacy
Development
Events Organizational Support
Deployment
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Conclusion
“... global need, global community, global effort, global impact.”
- Leslie Hawthorn, Program Manager, Google Summer of Code, Google Inc.
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Special Thanks to
Sunil Raghavan, IBM India for sharing his insights and experience from the Bihar deployment.Mark Prutsalis, Globaliist Inc. for sharing his experience on Sahana's history and how things work in the DM/EM Area.Leslie Hawthorn, OSPO, Google Inc. for sharing her views on community building.Sahana PMC, Board and the LSF for their constant support.
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Thank You!!
Ajay [email protected]://ajuonline.net
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