[Zope] New Zope Site Announcement

[Sam Gendler]

OK folks, this is not an official press release, but I thought you all
would like to know that there is yet another Zope site up an running out
on the net.

http://www.netaid.org

Netaid is a new, long-term effort to use the unique networking
capabilities of the Internet to promote development and alleviate
extreme poverty across the world. The Netaid Foundation serves
as a global exchange point to link people to successful agents
and agencies of change. Netaid's mission is to use the powers of
the Internet to help the millions of men, women, and children
who live on the edge of survival. 

Our goal is to connect all those who share these common values
to promote the useful exchange of ideas, challenges, resources,
and success stories. Netaid works to: 

    Facilitate community building, direct communications,
    and coordination among the millions of people dedicated
    to these aims. 

    Act as a one-stop resource for people interested in
    making a commitment to change.
 
    Build new on-line tools to promote exchanges of ideas
    and success stories. 

    Help our developing country partners get access to and
    learn to utilize new technologies. 

    Issue periodic calls to action on items of urgency and
    focus attention on what works. 

The site is currently a hybrid between the old, completely static
content and the new, almost entirely dynamic suite of applications built
on top of Zope.  Currently, the registration functionality, the entire
'What Works' section of the site, and the 'Online Volunteering' module
are built in Zope.  Check back frequently to see much more functionality
that will be added over the coming months.

In addition to Zope, the Netaid.org website is built on an almost
entirely open source platform.  The servers are running a heavily
modified RedHat 6.1 distribution, all data is stored in a MySQL
database, and the static webservers are all Apache.  

--sam

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