Well for what it is worth - I started something called VWDN (virtual web developers network) about six months ago. Here are the details:
Volunteer Web Developers Network (VWDN) is a network of socially responsible individuals who provide free technology services to the nonprofit community. Our goal is to develop and implement on-line communications strategies for Washington, D.C. based grassroots organizations that lack adequate in-house or financial resources to effectively perform these tasks themselves.
Once an organization is accepted as a participant in the Online Strategy Development Program (OSDP) a project manager is assigned to them. This project manager will work with the participating organization to define the project, deliverables, and determine and allocate resources. This project manager will then coordinate with VWDN's available volunteer resources and develop a project schedule.
VWDN works cooperatively with our participating organizations to develop an on-line strategy, design a website, and implement this website. VWDN typically only seeks to engage with organizations who need less complex websites developed, but occasionally we are able to accommodate organizations who require more complex website solutions. VWDN also works with our participating organizations to transfer maintenance of the website to them, as we do not provide ongoing support for the sites that we develop.
The website was www.vwdn.org, but our ISP went out of business a couple of weeks ago and I haven't had the time to switch to a more stable hosting provider. Anyway - same sort of approach, only focused on improving specific communities. It should be back up in a couple of weeks.
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Well for what it is worth - I started something called VWDN (virtual web developers network) about six months ago. Here are the details: Volunteer Web Developers Network (VWDN) is a network of socially responsible individuals who provide free technology services to the nonprofit community. Our goal is to develop and implement on-line communications strategies for Washington, D.C. based grassroots organizations that lack adequate in-house or financial resources to effectively perform these tasks themselves. Once an organization is accepted as a participant in the Online Strategy Development Program (OSDP) a project manager is assigned to them. This project manager will work with the participating organization to define the project, deliverables, and determine and allocate resources. This project manager will then coordinate with VWDN's available volunteer resources and develop a project schedule. VWDN works cooperatively with our participating organizations to develop an on-line strategy, design a website, and implement this website. VWDN typically only seeks to engage with organizations who need less complex websites developed, but occasionally we are able to accommodate organizations who require more complex website solutions. VWDN also works with our participating organizations to transfer maintenance of the website to them, as we do not provide ongoing support for the sites that we develop. The website was www.vwdn.org, but our ISP went out of business a couple of weeks ago and I haven't had the time to switch to a more stable hosting provider. Anyway - same sort of approach, only focused on improving specific communities. It should be back up in a couple of weeks.