Input into the Vision, Mission, Governance to develop CrisisCommons
From CrisisCommons Wiki
CrisisCommons provides volunteer opportunities for individuals, businesses and communities to provide technical assistance assist relief agencies, diaspora communities, non profits, faith-based, non governmental and community organizations during times and places in crisis.
CrisisCommons volunteers leverage the social structure of the Internet and communication networks to provide tools and resources to encourage greater situational awareness, accessibily of local knowledge and empowerment of citizens and communities.
CrisisCommons primary mission is as humanitarians. It is an organization of creative actors which abides by the Code of Conduct for NGO's in Disaster Relief. The motivations of the inventor are always secondary to the mission to help people in need. CrisisCommons recognizes that the outcomes of introducing new tools and processes during crisis situations can do more harm than good. It remains hyper-aware of the humanitarian mission as it channels compassion into community action towards the development and implementation of tools and processes to address the needs of affected populations and relief organizations. List of Signatories
Who We Are
- We are technologists who have skills which can help provide citizens with the ability to connect with one another.
- We are global citizens who believe in social change and are willing to communicate the truth of what they see and share with others.
- We are organizations who believe in leveraging resources for the greater good.
What We Believe
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- We believe in helping all people.
- We believe information must be free.
- We believe the collaboration knows no borders or barriers.
- We believe in the power of open and shared tools.
- We believe in neutrality.
- We believe that freedom of expression and access to information is a fundamental human right.
- We believe in the power of one and their ability, through technology, innovate, empower and inspire millions.
- We believe in the personal responsibility to accurately share information and provide for those who may not have access, literacy or ability to reach information.
- We believe sharing successes and tools are central to the Commons and that each one of us has a personal responsibility to inspire and empower others to innovate for social change in their communities.
- We believe in the abilities of all people to contribute to the Commons.
What We Do
- Empower Community - Encouraging CrisisCamps
- Partnership Broker - Proactively engages crisis actors to facilitate technology challenges during crisis; citizen advocate
- Share Technology Tools - Building a searchable system to find open source crisis applications and systems
- Innovate Crisis Tools of Tomorrow - Hackathon
- Create Cross Response Collaboration - International Aid & Domestic Response (Closing the gap)
- Respond to Crisis - Development of a the CrisisCommons Action Team (Both virtual/physical)
- Cultivating World Sensors - Empowering Independent Reporting & Aggregation During Crisis
- Build Global Citizen Action - Empowering digital literacy to save lives
- Advocate for Access - Empowering global access to and freedom of expression
Who We Support
- TBD
The Role of a Commons
- A Commons refers to resources which are collectively owned. "Nobody owns, everyone enjoys"
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Do No Harm
- TBD
Commons Community
- (how we work together)
Governance Team:
- Add your name
- Heather Blanchard, heather (at) crisiscommons.org
Subgroup: Intellectual Property, Privacy Legal Team
- Steve Wu
- Add your name
Subgroup: Project Management
- Add your name
- Heather Leson - heatherleson AT gmail.com (role background: Internet incident management, crisis communications, agile software development)
Subgroup: Software Development Lifecycle
- Add your name
Subgroup: Strategic Framework/Architecture/Infrastructure
- Add your name
- Deborah Shaddon - dshaddon (at) comcast.net (role background: enterprise architecture)
Notes from Governance Meetings and Subgroups:
