[hackerspaces] hackers + Haiti

[Matt Joyce]

Curious, what are the power requirements at AHTIC?  If we could provide an
alternative power source for these sorts of disaster relief units, that
would be beneficial no?

-Matt

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Tim Krabec <tkrabec at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hackers For charrity is a great organization.  I've been involved with them
> for about a year now, and know about them for a bit longer.  Johnny and his
> family  & team are in Africia working on putting computer labs in schools.
> Now they are working on a cyber cafe as a way of raising money and training
> locals.
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Ashley McClelland <armcclelland at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Do you guys know of this organization: http://www.hackersforcharity.org/?
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Christopher Pilkington <cjp at 0x1.net>wrote:
>>
>>> The biggest concern AHTIC (the IX in Port au Prince) had a couple days
>>> ago was fuel... they are backhauling on microwave to the DR, and they were
>>> concerned that their generators would run out of diesel, since the fuel
>>> infrastructure is damaged/being redirected to humanitarian causes.
>>>
>>> There are capable telecoms people on the ground (still), but until power
>>> infrastructure is restored, I think that will be the limiting factor w.r.t.
>>> such infrastructure.
>>>
>>>   On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM, LexIcon <unpublishednumber at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> It would be great if there were a hacker global emergency response team
>>>> (HaGERT?) on standby to go in and restore IT /telecom infrastructure in
>>>> disaster situations. Maybe partner with the International Red Cross?
>>>>
>>>> - Lex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Far McKon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     I do not know of a hackerspace centric group, but I do  I know of a
>>>> crew from Philadelphia going down that need some comm. help, and medical
>>>> folks.  I can connect anyone who is interested in getting involved that has
>>>> those skills.
>>>>
>>>> I've been trying to find info on Ham operation in emergency situations,
>>>> and related resources (email by radio, etc), and am willing to hear
>>>> suggestions/links/info if folks have them.
>>>>
>>>> hack on,
>>>> - Far McKon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My apologies if this has already been discussed ad nauseum, but does
>>>>> anyone know of any separate "hacker space"-ish sub groups that are
>>>>> forming to respond to the earthquake in Haiti?
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