Donating Time To Goodwill Projects?

jukal asks: "I am in the process of writing a proposal for co-operation between Openchallenge and UNITeS (United Nations Information Technology Service) which is 'creating a global volunteer programme aimed at bridging the digital divide between industrialized and developing countries'. Currently & traditionally contributing as a volunteer means relocating yourself to the developing country to take part as a project developer/manager/specialist. My proposal to UNITeS is, in short, will be that people could participate in such software projects via Openchallenge - while staying in their home country, on their spare-time and while keeping their jobs. The local team in the developing country would, after defining and creating requirements specifications post sub-projects as tasks to Openchallenge. All the contributions submitted to Openchallenge are published under an open source license. My question is: would you for example consider donating some hours to help a goodwill project - if you could do that from home. This is of interest to me, as I would like to be sure that the time we put into building co-operating with a big organization like UNITeS and others in the future. Is not wasted. There is this thread about 'Volunteer Work Abroad' - which is good reading related to the subject. But it did not quite provide me with the answer."

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[Anonymous Coward]

This is how you biznitches do it. Snoogins!

Re:fp

[Anonymous Coward]

woot!

Re:fp

[Anonymous Coward]

the lord on high sees what you do

Ask slashdot:

[Anonymous Coward]

Did a story on a European Registrar disappear? Or was I dreaming?

Re:Ask slashdot:

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, yes it did. Poo.

Re:Ask slashdot:

[AaronGeek]

I was thinking the same thing.

Re:Ask slashdot:

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

I saw the European Registrar story disappear too - all the more reason it would be nice to know who is moderating if it's an editor - look at all these offtopic posts (like mine :).

Disappearing stories

[Anonymous Coward]

Where'd the registrar story go?

Re:Ask slashdot: YES gone....

[Anonymous Coward]

weird how its gone

Informer by Snow

[Anonymous Coward]

Snow
Informer

What's up man hey yo what's up
Yeah what's goin' on here
Sick an' tired of five-oh runnin' up on the block here
You know what I'm sayin'
Yo Snow they came around here lookin' for you the other day
Word word bust it

Informer you no say daddy me Snow me I'll go blame
A licky boom boom down
Detective mon said daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
A licky Boom Boom Down.

Police them come an' now they blow down me door
One him come crawl through through my window
So then they put me in the back the car at the station
From that point on me reach my destination
When the destination reached it was the east detention
Where them whipped down me pants looked up me bottom so

Bigger they are they think they have more power
They're on the phone me say that on (every) hour
Me for want to use it once an' now me call me lover
Lover who I'll be callin is the one Tammy
An' me love her in me heart down to my belly
Yes me daddy me Snow me I feel cool an' deadly
As the one MC Shan an' the one daddy Snow
Together we-a love 'em as a Tor-Na-Do

Listen for me you better listen for me now (x2)
When me rockin' the microphone me rock it steady
Yes sir daddy me Snow me are the article don
But in the in an' the out of a dance them they say where you come from
People them say you come from Jamaica
But me born an' raised in the ghetto that's the one I want you to know
Pure black people mon that's all I mon know
Yeah me shoes are tear up an' me toes used to show
Where me born in on the one Toronto so

Come with a nice young lady.
Intelligent yes she's gentle an' irie
Everywhere me go me never left her at all
Yes its daddy Snow me are the roam dance mon
Roam between a dancin' in a in a nation-a
You never know say daddy me Snow me are the Boom Shakata
Me never lay-a down flat in that one cardboard box
Yes say me Daddy me Snow me I'll go reachin' at the top so

Why would he (x2)

Me sittin' 'round cool with my dibbie dibbie girl
Police knock my door lick up my pal
Rough me up an' I can't do a thing
Pick up my line when my telephone ring
Take me to the station black up my hands
Trail me down 'cuz I'm hangin' with the Snowman
What I'm gonna do I'm backed an' I'm trapped
Slap me in the face an' took all o' my gap
They have no clues an' they wanna get warmer
But Shan won't turn informer

Re:Informer by Snow

[Anonymous Coward]

The interesting thing about Snow is that, at the time of this smash hit, people thought Snow was "black."

Take notice of this lyrics:

People them say you come from Jamaica
But me born an' raised in the ghetto that's the one I want you to know
Pure black people mon that's all I mon know
Yeah me shoes are tear up an' me toes used to show
Where me born in on the one Toronto so

As you can see, though all Snow knows are black people, Snow is actually from the ghetto in Toronto where he was white and whithout a good pair of shoes.

yes

[SirSlud]

I've already approached several left wing think tanks and offered them volounteer techtime.

I would imagine that helping folks in developing nations would pique my humanitarian interests as well.

Re:yes

[buswolley]

how the hell is this off topic? mod this back up! I dont think the moderator even read the whole thing. or he is a righty. lol

Unit?

[Stonent1]

Will I get to meet Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge Stuart? How about The Doctor? If so... I'm there!