Below are the links to the Volunteer Opportunities feeds. Right now we only have ads up for pretty generic volunteers. It might make sense to put in ads for very specific technical skills. Granted very few people are going to search for Children and eJabber but millions of people will be looking through these if the White House and Google et. al. get their publicity right. Many people want to leverage their special skills to help the world, if we put our needs out there someone might find us. I don't have the skills to write the ads. If anyone would like to do this please create an account on <a href="http://volunteermatch.org">volunteermatch.org</a> and then email me the email you used. I can then add you as an administrator for Sugar Labs and you can put in the ads. I'll send you the hint sheet about how to write them for best keyword pickup. thanks, Caroline ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elsa Culler <<a href="mailto:eculler@gmail.com">eculler@gmail.com</a>> Date: Jun 26, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [support-gang] Fwd: Welcome to VolunteerMatch To: "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to \"help AT <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a>> Cc: Seth Woodworth <<a href="mailto:seth@laptop.org">seth@laptop.org</a>>, Matt Keller <<a href="mailto:matt@laptop.org">matt@laptop.org</a>> <a href="http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org169077.jsp?rss=true" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org169077.jsp?rss=true</a> <a href="http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org100683.jsp?rss=true" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org100683.jsp?rss=true</a> RSS feeds for those on the lookout for stuff to do. (SJ - can forward to uni chapters/olpcboston?) -Elsa<div> <div class="gmail_quote"> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Samuel Klein <<a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sj@laptop.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">We have a new volunteermatch account. If you define any number of volunteer tasks and short titles for them and post them on the wiki (a new section under [[volunteering]]) or by email to <a href="mailto:volunteer@laptop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">volunteer@laptop.org</a> , I will make sure those positions go up on volunteermatch. Please list a potential mentor or mentor-channel for each position, so it is clear how the volunteer will find out more and receive feedback. [the volunteer queue can be a fallback, but it's not enough of one to merit posting a surplus of unmentored options] SJ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: VolunteerMatch Notification <<a href="mailto:support@volunteermatch.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">support@volunteermatch.org</a>> Thank you for joining VolunteerMatch! We welcome One Laptop per Child and hope you will take advantage of VolunteerMatch's online network to engage the volunteers you need. If you're looking to recruit talented, enthusiastic volunteers, you've come to the right place. With VolunteerMatch there is no limit to the number of volunteers that you can recruit. The more unique listings you post, the more interest you will receive from volunteers. It's that easy! Your organization is now active. 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