Two volunteers have stepped forward but need a little energy from the community to get the project going. Could you give them a hand?
more details: http://gov-ideas.com/startup-and-employment-program.htm contact info: http://gov-ideas.com/contact.htm thanks! Alex On Thursday, September 6, 2012 3:18:37 PM UTC-7, Alex Glaros wrote: > > *Dear Django Group, > > Can you spare a few lines of code? > > Our nonprofit has a great idea to help the unemployed and spur innovation > at the same time. > > All we need is a simple app to let users register. > > Can I get a community effort from this great Django community to write the > registration app? > > I’ll can do the data modeling, just a few tables, you only need to write > the CRUD for it. Easy Peasy > > It would be great to get a few volunteers to help innovation and the > unemployed. > > App will be open source. Detailed info below. > > Thanks! > > Alex > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION PROGRAM > > The nonprofit Center for Government Interoperability (CFGIO) is seeking > programming assistance for an employment and innovation program.* > > *BACKGROUND > > 1. There are thousands of startup ideas that cannot be implemented due to > software developer costs > 2. There are millions of unemployed, many of whom could learn programming > from free sources > > BASIC CONCEPT - Employment Program managed by CFGIO > > 1. Unemployed novice programmers learn from free sources and start writing > beginner apps in one year, and write moderately well after 2 years. College > students majoring in computer science/MIS would be ready immediately. > 2. Unemployed novice programmers offer services to startups with simple > app or web-design requirements. > 3. CFGIO sets up centralized database to match learning programmers with > startups, and creates processes to help them work effectively together. > 4. Startups offer equity or delayed transaction-based payments to learning > programmers. > 5. For startups, the purpose is to give them an affordable prototype that > allows investors to evaluate and fund production version of their idea. For > students, it gives them real-world learning experience and qualifies them > to apply for entry-level programming positions, or to start their own > startup. > > BENEFITS > > 1. Backlog of programmer positions that need filling is addressed > 2. Unemployed become employable with high-paying future-proof skills. They > also learn project management and SDLC. > 3. Startup ideas are enabled > 4. Nationwide innovation is expanded > > IMPLEMENTATION – Request assistance from crowdsourced volunteers to: > > 1. Design curriculum – basically identify Youtube and other free training > materials (which now days are great) for each programming language > 2. Mentor students > 3. Create environment where students learn from each other > 4. Design certification process > 5. Design processes to enhance programmer/startup collaboration > > RESOURCES > > 1. Programming environments are cheap or free: > https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/billing and > https://openshift.redhat.com/app/ > 2. Programming forums already provide assistance to newbies > > Any ideas or comments would be greatly appreciated, > > Alex Glaros > Center for Government Interoperability > www.gov-ideas.com > Contact: http://gov-ideas.com/contact.htm* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/MX9OzWVKl3wJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
