1997-98 project volunteers

From January 1997 through December 1998, more than 80 online volunteers helped the VV Project via their home or work computers, providing more than 800 hours of service. In addition to their accomplishments listed below, many of these volunteers also offered suggestions about materials on the Project Web site and answered technical questions from the Project Manager. A great deal of the Project's success in its first two years can be attributed to these online supporters:

 
Debbie Almeida [JDA0777@aol.com]
Tiverton, Rhode Island
Evaluated Web sites relating to accounting, looking for resources that might be included in Finding Technical Assistance Volunteers; and researched resources to be used on the TENET Web site to help teachers and educators with volunteer management and community engagement for and by students (the VV Project worked with TENET on this endeavor).

 
Valerie Au [au@rowan.edu]
Glassboro, New Jersey
Researched online mentoring programs and key information for colleges and universities in VV affiliate cities and converted electronic newsletters to .html for use on the VV Project Web site.

 
Lori Bailey [thebailey3@earthlink.net]
Flower Mound, Texas
Helped find Web-based resources on IBM/Clone and macintosh compatibility, suggestions and shareware that can help people working on a variety of computers, software and operating systems work together via the Internet, for use in the Handbook for Online Volunteers; researched contact information for professional groups with a focus on hispanic membership, so that the Project could outreach to these groups regarding virtual volunteering; reviewed National Service web sites for volunteer management resources the VV Project can link to; reviewed archives of survey responses to make sure those who wished to remain anonymous had identifying information removed from the archive; and, inconjuntion with the VV Project, inputted volunteer opportunities for Sanchez Elementary School in Austin, Texas into various online volunteer centers (VolunteerMatch, Action Without Borders, ServeNet, etc.), and wrote a comparision of what it was like to use each service.

 
Kwan Wai Bong (Peter Kwan) [cs_kwb@stu.ust.hk]
Hong Kong
Helped with some web page creation, including formatting task descriptions into web pages, and performed various online searches for the VV Project.

 
Tom Barron [tbarron@mindspring.com]
Nashville, Tennessee
Compiled an extensive list of clip art for use by the AIR-Austin: Accessibility Internet Rally, an event that involved the VV Project, and frequently provided suggestions about the Project Web site; and created initial information for our archive of answers to surveys submitted by agencies to the VV Project.

 
Mario Bazan [mario_bazan@yahoo.com]
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Created a new survey form for the VV Project site, and an archive for listserv affiliate discussion posts since 1997 (almost 200 messages!).

 
Connie Chieng [Chiengcon@aol.com]
Palos Verdes, California
Researched contact information for award-winning corporate community and volunteer programs, and researched various indices of computer recylcing information sites.

 
Christine Chiu [vestal@geocities.com]
Researched and compiled information on various Internet discussion groups for volunteers at specific organizations, researched and compiled information on Web resources for NGOs, and converted a year's worth of email newsletters to .html (and taught the VV Project Manager a lot about Hong Kong).

 
Celina Chung [cchung@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Took on the daunting task of converting and archiving more than 150 applications submitted to the Project by individuals who wanted to volunteer online. She also compiled a list of online professional groups with a focus on Hispanic membership; the VV Project is interested in outreach to such groups because of a growing number of online opportunities for Spanish/English speakers.

 
Rachel David [foxxfyre@geocities.com]
Everett, Washington
Helped spell-check much of the VV Project Web site (a task that was sorely needed).

 
Kevin Davis [kdavis@rd.qms.com]
Mobile, Alabama]
Helped format various text files into .html pages for the VV Project Web site.

 
David Dobrotka [dobrotka@sprynet.com]
San Antonio, Texas
Assisted various organizations with online projects, which he connected with via Impact Online's beta database of online opportunities. One particular big task was setting up a system to allow live chats during the Association for Volunteer Administration's international conference in October 1998. David also helped the VV Project staff with various .cgi-related projects.

 
Cheryl Cole Dodwell
Washington, D.C.
As a Project advisor, Cheryl reviewed new Web materials, drafts of outreach materials and various program reports; offered program, funding and outreach suggestions; and promoted the project. More information about Cheryl

 
Rachel dos Santos [RaquelDS@aol.com]
Port Chester, New York
Gathered information on chapters of the Executive Service Corps, so that these organizations could be contacted by the VV Project re: our programs and activities.

 
Seiko Fujikuro [SaintC1279@aol.com]
Burlingame, California
Gathered information via the Internet on several organizations who's missions are related to the Virtual Volunteering Project and Impact Online. His work was incorporated into our Index of Online Resources for Volunteer Managers.

 
William Garry [http://members.tripod.com/~drbillgarry/]
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Bill is a pioneering online volunteer, having helped the Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE) with its email counseling program (one of the first online counseling projects) and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) with its online Tax-Aides program. Bill has advised the VV Project regarding the resources currently available on the Project's web site, about the development of new materials, and about how to further disseminate this information online.

 
Dana Gass [dangas@execpc.com]
Racine, Wisconsin
Helped compile a comprehensive list of University-based groups for students with disabilities. This resource helped us and other agencies recruit people with disabilities as volunteers.

 
Steve Glikbarg 
San Francisco, California
As a Project advisor, Steve reviewed and contributed information to new Web materials, drafts of outreach materials and various program reports; offered program, funding and outreach suggestions to the Program Manager and affiliates; and promoted the project. He also acted as a sounding board to many of the VV Project manager's ideas and random thoughts. A co-founder of Impact Online, Steve was the first manager of its online volunteers. More information about Steve

 
Pete Golden [golden@libertynet.org]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In addition to his staff responsibilities as Volunteer Coordinator at LibertyNet, working to employ Virtual Volunteering practices into his work, Pete also volunteered to help find artwork for the AIR-Austin: Accessibility Internet Rally.

 
Linda Gorman [lgorman@oryxpress.com]
Phoenix, Arizona
Helped review more than a dozen surveys from volunteers who have supported and organization virtually, compiling their feedback into a draft overview document.

 
Greg Griffiths [greg@efc.be]
Neath, West Glam, Wales
Helped research the availability of online volunteer applications (forms) and online volunteer reporting forms; his work was incorporated into our Virtual Volunteering Resources for Volunteer Managers. Greg also proofread several pages on the Web site, and helped map the Web site, which in June 1998 consisted of more than 150 files.

 
Anne Gregory [agtrico@wish.org>]
Santa Barbara, California
A professional volunteer manager herself, Anne wanted to see what online volunteering was like first hand. She reviewed our Online Resources for Volunteer Managers, and reformatted this page by resource rather than organization.

 
Lani Hardage [lani@dnai.com]
Hercules, California
Tested the Volunteer Match temporary database of online opportunities, created web pages for the VV Project site, and provided helpful feedback regarding the materials for volunteers on our site, including our Handbook for Online Volunteers.

 
Philippa Hindle [PW94PAH@federated-dept-stores.com]
San Francisco, California
Helped compile new information for our ever-expanding Online Resources for Volunteer Managers.

 
Lisa Hinely [Lisa_M._Hinely@bulk.org]
Austin, Texas
Helped convert the entire Austin DOVIA web site into a format that would work at its new home at http://www.main.org/dovia, and formatted new information for the site. Lisa also did extensive research into state Workforce Development Council information available on the Web for the entire U.S., as part of a joint project between the VV Project and the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

 
Alex Holz [alexbhlz@internexus.net]
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
Helped research and compile a list of Web sites and Internet discussion groups that are specially-geared towards people with the not-the-latest technology.

 
William Hookway [WHook@aol.com]
Worcester, Massachusetts
Compiled information on not-for-profit organizations that have email addresses in the Greater Austin metropolitan area, to solicit their involvement in AIR-Austin: Accessibility Internet Rally, an event that involved the VV Project.

 
Robyn Hunt [RJHunt96@aol.com]
Sacramento, California
Researched online information about intergenerational volunteer projects, particularly those between seniors and teens.

 
Cheng Jih Min [jmcheng@singnet.com.sg]
Singapore
Gathered contact information for various volunteersim-related organizations, so that the VV Project could keep these agencies up-to-date on its activities and encourage collaboration. Also formatted responses to the Project's survey for online volunteers into an easy-to-read format in .html, so it could be reviewed and discussed by various staff and Project Advisors around the U.S., as well as various university-based researchers who are interested in the VV project for their own studies.

 
Tom Keough [mindfull@hotmail.com]
Odessa, Florida
Helped research various college and university Web sites on the 'Net, and compiled contact information for them so that the Project could conduct an outreach campaign by email about virtual volunteering.

 
Michael Kruse [krusin@creighton.edu]
Omaha, Nebraska
Reformatted more than a dozen sample online volunteer opportunity descriptions, so that other organizations could use these as guides for writing descriptions of their own online tasks; and researched the availability of various domain names for the VV Project.

 
Ashwin Kutty [kutty@borg.cs.dal.ca]
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also an active volunteer with Chebucto Community Net, Ashwin has helped the VV Project with proofreading its Web site, and provided information about how CCN involves online volunteers.

 
Faithy Leong [femme21fatale@hotmail.com]
Millbrae, California
Researched and compiled a list of free or very low cost live chat/direct messaging resources, to help agencies who want to explore the idea of having online meetings with board members and remote volunteers, but don't have the funds or hardware to do such meetings on their own Web sites.

 
Laura Malavé
Tampa, Florida
Laura has helped with various web page building assignments for both the VV Project and one of our affiliates, TxServe. One of her primary activities was breaking up large Project pages into smaller, easier-to-read pages.

 
Scotty McBride
After helping IOL prior to 1996 as its main tech support volunteer, Scotty became the VV Project's first online volunteer, creating various .pl files for the automated surveys on the Project's Web site.

 
Hannah Meyers [juniorsshorty@yahoo.com]
Topeka, Kansas
Helped re-categorize the ever growing list of volunteer management and volunteerism resources, to help users find the information they are looking for more quickly. She also compiled contact information for all of the volunteer centers in Texas, for use in a collaborative project in which the VV Project is involved.

 
Patti Micale [pmicale@penn.com]
Kersey, Pennsylvania
Compiled a list of technology-related professional organizations; this information is used in "Finding Technical Assistance Volunteers to Involve Virtually", a tip sheet to help agencies recruit volunteers with a particular kind of expertise. It was also used to solicit users of the VolunteerMatch temporary delivery system of virtual opportunities. She also gathered information on selected organizations that have academic programs relating to volunteer management.

 
Debbie Moore [damnokc@swbell.net]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gathered information via the Internet on several key organizations the Project had only partial information for. This information will help us outreach to organizations and promote collaboration.

 
Zuzanna Muszynska [c1milosz@us.ibm.com]
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
In addition to assisting SmartGrrls (now GirlStart) with various online projects, Zuzanna wrote information on using DOS to ftp files for the Handbook for Online Volunteers.

 
Brandon Na [bna@doubleclick.net]
Fort Lee/NY City, New York
Compiled all 1997 responses to our volunteer application in an easy-to-read format in .html, so it could be reviewed and discussed by various staff and Project Advisors around the U.S., as well as various university-based researchers who are interested in the VV project for their own studies. Brandon's work was used as a template for other volunteers undertaking similar archiving assignments for the Project.

 
Sirisha Nandipati [Mistpearl@aol.com]
Merced, California
Gathered contact information for IBM/clone computer user groups, to solicit their participation in the VolunteerMatch Beta Test.

 
Rick Nicholson [rick@dca.net]
Provided information on email mentoring programs, participated in the launch of the beta delivery system of online volunteering opportunities, and provided additional qualified volunteers for this test database.

 
Pamela Nash [pdnash@mindspring.com]
Powder Springs, Georgia
Gathered information on online safety suggestions posted at various web sites, for incorporation into our own online safety materials.

 
Hazel Osea [http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Island/2678/]
Norwalk, California
Helped compile information on state schools for young people with disabilities, to help with the Project's outreach efforts to involve such people in online internships and online volunteering. She also helped research corporate employee volunteer programs.

 
Namrata Patodia [npatodia@hotmail.com]
Researched and compiled information on organizations focused on assisting nonprofits with technology issues.

 
Ajey Patil [ajey_patil@hotmail.com]
College Park, Maryland
Helped create a new index of organizations using the VolunteerMatch beta database of virtual opportunities.

 
Bhavin Patel [bcpatel@yahoo.com]
San Jose, California
Helped compiled an index of Service Learning online resources, which were incorporated into materials to help teachers and into our index of online resources for volunteer managers.

 
Jayesh Patel [Patel_Jayeshkumar@EDG.MEA.COM]
San Jose, California
Gathered high school Web site URLS that feature information about how to volunteer with the high school, what volunteers do at the high school, service learning/community service activities at the high school, or that involve the high school. This information will be used on the TENET Web site as part of its resources to help teachers and educators with volunteer management and community engagement for and by students (the VV Project is working with TENET on this endeavor).

 
Sandi Plecha [splecha@ameritech.net]
Sterling Heights, Michigan
Went through various AmeriCorps sites to find volunteer management resources and volunteer examples, particularly those in classrooms, to be linked to from the TENET Web site as part of its resources to help teachers and educators with volunteer management and community engagement for and by students (the VV Project is working with TENET on this endeavor).

 
Elizabeth Pugliese [http://members.aol.com/merylinkid/index.html]
Austin, Texas
Compiled a list of technology-related professional organizations; this information is used in "Finding Technical Assistance Volunteers to Involve Virtually", to help agencies recruit volunteers with a particular kind of expertise. It was also used to solicit users of the VolunteerMatch temporary delivery system of virtual opportunities.

 
Sasank Reddy [http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~sasank/]
Starkville, Mississippi
Helped map the VV Project Web site, which at the time consisted of more than 100 files.

 
Fran Rhea [http://frannie.hypermart.net/]
Denver, Colorado
Helped design the snazzy logo online volunteers can display on their Web sites after helping the VV Project, that is also now used throughout the VV Project web site as our official logo. She also helped proofreed the beta-test delivery system of online volunteer opportunities and created a second index page for this database (listing of opportunities by organization), gathered contact information from organizations who assist people with disabilities in key regional areas, including college and university groups for students with disabilities, and gathered information on newsgroups and list serves for people with disabilities.

 
Jill Robinson [jillrob@vacationtime.net]
Wagram, North Carolina
Helped compile a list of state, regional and national conferences in 1998 relating to volunteers and volunteerism, and not-for-profit organizations. Her research was used in creating a list of such conferences that was posted by the Project Manager to various Internet discussion groups, and ended up generating the greatest number of inquiries regarding the VV Project in 1998.

 
Heather Saunders [saunder@bytehead.com]
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Gathered contact information for numerous organizations being targeted by the VV Project as possible collaborators.

 
Chris Schults [CSchults@tmp.com]
New York, New York
Gathered information on Web sites that feature information about or for U.S. Corporate/Business Employee Volunteer Programs, Community Grants Programs, and Other Public Affairs programs. He also provided a great deal of technical advice and suggestions for use of this information.

 
Raja Ainun Shafina [queenfisher@rocketmail.com
Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Gathered high school Web site URLS that feature information about how to volunteer with the high school, what volunteers do at the high school, and service learning/community service activities at the high school, or that involve the high school. This information will be used on the TENET Web site as part of its resources to help teachers and educators with volunteer management and community engagement for and by students (the VV Project is working with TENET on this endeavor).

 
Ai-Fen Shieu [FenSHOE@aol.com]
San Jose, California
Gathered information on Web sites that featured information about online volunteering, other than those of our collaborating organizations. Also wrote an article for the San Jose Mercury News, Take the Stress out of Community Service: Virtual Volunteering.

 
Yuliya Shmidt [yuliya28@earthlink.net]
Mountain View, California
Helped find contact information for organizations for which we had only partial information. Her research helped with our outreach efforts to possible collaborators.

 
Cindy Shove
San Francisco, California
As a Project advisor, Cindy reviewed and contributed information to new Web materials, drafts of outreach materials and various program reports; offered program, funding and outreach suggestions to the Program Manager and affiliates; and promoted the project. Cindy is a co-founder of IOL and was its first President. More information about Cindy

 
Tania Snoep [snoep@worldnet.att.net]
Researched and compiled contact information for elected officials in greater Austin metropolitan area (Texas).

 
Corey Taylor [montag@lcc.net]
Conroe, Texas
Helped convert all back issues of Virtual Verve into Web pages, and has helped with projects via the beta-test delivery system of online volunteer opportunities.

 
Nancy Thomas [nanthom@ibm.net]
Oakdale, Connecticut
Gathered information about IBM user groups, for future outreach efforts by the VV Project.

 
Christine Thornhill [vestal@geocities.com]
Ontario, Canada
Helped convert back issues of our electronic newsletter into Web pages.

 
Diomedes Tsitouras [ChiaPet717@aol.com]
Briarcliff Manor, New York
Researched how Impact Online and the Virtual Volunteering Project was listed on various Internet search engines.

 
Devon Tutak [BdwyBby@aol.com]
Kearny, New Jersey
Formatted many pages into .html files for the VV Project archive -- a critical activity, as the Project Advisors are spread throughout the U.S., and various university-based-researchers are interested in viewing this information for their own studies.

 
Carla Valadares [CVA0U@allstate.com]
Phoenix, Arizona
Found direct URLS for information on National Service Web sites that relate to volunteer management, and categorized this information by type of resource. This information was incorporated into various places on the VV Project Web site. She also compiled URLS that feature tips and resources to help someone find out a national representative's voting record, find out about pending legislation before congress, and find out about court rulings that could affect nonprofits, health and human services, etc. This information will be used to help other online volunteers via our Handbook for Online Volunteers.

 
Tricia Walter [TSA3588@aol.com]
Hempstead, New York
Gathered contact information for numerous organizations being targeted by the VV Project as possible collaborators, and proofread several pages on the Web site.

 
Madeline Whyte [Hera948588@aol.com]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Madeline reviewed our Online Resources for Volunteer Managers and reviewed EVERY site on this page so that all of their materials could be indexed by resource as well on our site; her work formed the basis of a new index of online resources for volunteer managers. She also researched online resources relating to school-to-work programs, in conjunction with a project at the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

 
Jeff Wiedner [jwiedner@asce.org]
Reston, Virginia
His MANY contributions included tracking down what Web sites link to the VV Project Web site, providing information on how to use Hot Bot to do this in the future, researching state offices of volunteerism and community service, and beta-testing the Project's temporary delivery system of virtual opportunities. Jeff is a marketing professional, so he also provided the Project with advice on how to approach the media and researched appropriate technology-related publications to approach in the future. Jeff also developed part of the Handbook for Online Volunteers, writing chapters on using online search engines, particularly to find news articles.

 
Kellie [Wuzzle5@aol.com]
Colorado
Helped research and compile a list of Web sites and Internet discussion groups that are specially-geared towards people with the not-the-latest technology.

 

 
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