Katrina PeopleFinder story

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Wendy Edwards

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Apr 19, 2006, 3:18:22 AM4/19/06

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Hi, you may or may not remember me, but I have your addresses from the
Katrina PeopleFinder project (or possibly AsiaQuake help). When the
project wrapped up, some of us thought that it would be good to tell
our story, and I volunteered to do it. Anyhow, I'm working on it now,
and it would be helpful to have input from other volunteers. Please
tell me whatever you think would be helpful for me to know or include.
(If there's something you want me to know as background, but don't
want in the story, please let me know that.)

Here are some questions as a starting point. Feel free to answer
whichever ones you want (or talk about something else).

What's your story?
What made you join the Katrina (or AsiaQuake) project?
Have you done any other volunteer projects?
What are you doing now?

What was your role in the project?
What was the most satisfying part of the experience for you?
What was the most stressful or frustrating thing?
Do you wish that the team had done some things differently? If so, what?

What were the most important "lessons learned?"
Are you preparing anything (e.g., open source software) for the next disaster?
What recommendations would you have for teams doing this kind of work
in the future?