Simplifying the DHN site & removing explicit Activation aspect

Andrej Verity

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Aug 29, 2019, 3:10:20 PM8/29/19

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Hi all,

As was originally hoped back in 2012 when the DHN was setup, the apparent need for the DHN has decreased in the past couple years. I believe that it reflects a combination of formal organizations hiring more information management / digital capacity, newer digital/volunteer teams maturing & developing lasting partnerships, and newer (financially backed) groups emerging (e.g. H2H network).

In that regard, Stephanie Tran (copied) and I have taken the initiative to streamline the website using a static site generator. You can see the late draft here: https://static.digitalhumanitarians.com/. Once completed, it will replace the Drupal-based version that PeaceGeeks has kindly hosted for us over the years.

I have also removed the explicit aspect of activating the DHN. However, there is still a very clear way to contact the DHN - an email address that simply forwards to Patrick and myself for now.

If you have any questions for me, do not hesitate to get in touch.

FYI: the static site has been build using Publii and hosted for free on GitHub pages.

Cheers,

Andrej

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Aug 29, 2019, 4:12:27 PM8/29/19

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Thanks Andrej, you’ve been a great long-time supporter of the digital movement which took a lot of blood, sweat and tears from many. I guess this is another chapter in the story. The new website looks great. I was wondering if it’s at all possible to migrate the “news & events” content? Without it – the story is lost.

Thanks again for all the years of support and your passion to improve disaster response.

Cat Graham
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Andrej Verity

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Aug 30, 2019, 7:52:50 AM8/30/19

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Hi Cat,

We will look at bringing over the news & events content. However, we will want to add it in a way that it is clear it is “archived” content so that people do not go to the section of the site over time and wonder why it is stale / out-of-date.

Cheers,

Andrej

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Thanks Andrej, you’ve been a great long-time supporter of the digital movement which took a lot of blood, sweat and tears from many. I guess this is another chapter in the story. The new website looks great. I was wondering if it’s at all possible to migrate the “news & events” content? Without it – the story is lost.

Thanks again for all the years of support and your passion to improve disaster response.

Cat Graham
Chief Operations Officer

HumanityRoad
http://humanityroad.org

Mobile434-738-8930
#Follow@HumanityRoad

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Subject: [DHNetwork] Simplifying the DHN site & removing explicit Activation aspect

Hi all,

As was originally hoped back in 2012 when the DHN was setup, the apparent need for the DHN has decreased in the past couple years. I believe that it reflects a combination of formal organizations hiring more information management / digital capacity, newer digital/volunteer teams maturing & developing lasting partnerships, and newer (financially backed) groups emerging (e.g. H2H network).

In that regard, Stephanie Tran (copied) and I have taken the initiative to streamline the website using a static site generator. You can see the late draft here: https://static.digitalhumanitarians.com/. Once completed, it will replace the Drupal-based version that PeaceGeeks has kindly hosted for us over the years.

I have also removed the explicit aspect of activating the DHN. However, there is still a very clear way to contact the DHN - an email address that simply forwards to Patrick and myself for now.

If you have any questions for me, do not hesitate to get in touch.

FYI: the static site has been build usingPublii and hosted for free on GitHub pages.

Cheers,

Andrej

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York

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Tyler Radford

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Sep 6, 2019, 7:11:42 PM9/6/19

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Hi Andrej,

I agree this is a good move and thanks for taking the time to do it. I think you are spot on with the three reasons you identified - these are all really positive things, and while the DHN doesn't continue in it's original form, in a sense it paved the way for even more sustainable forms of digital humanitarianism to develop. I hope all agree that this is a major success of the network! Best

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Andrej Verity

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Sep 7, 2019, 5:04:25 AM9/7/19

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Hi Tyler,

Thanks for the feedback.

In regards to Cat's request of moving the News & Events, we have copied them to the following page: https://static.digitalhumanitarians.com/dhn/past-news-and-events/. Nothing super fancy, but it brings the content over.

If anyone else has any comments/feedback on the site, do let me know. In the coming days, I will look at moving the static site to the main domain (i.e. www) and create a new subdomain (such as archive.digitalhumanitarians.com) where we can let the current Drupal site live for a short while.

Cheers,

Andrej

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Andrej Verity

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Sep 20, 2019, 2:33:33 PM9/20/19

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Hi all,

Quick update that I have made the "cut-over" to the new static version of the site: https://www.digitalhumanitarians.com/

I also put up a short (personal) blog post - which is mostly a copy/paste from the current DHN front page: https://blog.veritythink.com/post/187843393634/scaling-back-the-digital-humanitarian-network

Cheers,

Andrej

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