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Vol-Track (exe)

Vol-Track is designed to ease the process of managing your volunteers and the organizations they support. With Vol-Track you will be able to track hours worked and generate reports quickly and easily. Vol-Track comes complete with built-in reports to give you quick access to important information.It also gives you the...

Tags: Volunteer, Developers Kingdom, Vol-Track

Software downloads 2007-09-27

Volunteer Management System (zip)

Volunteer Management System VMS auto-matches volunteers to positions according to skill and availability with scheduling accomplished with a mouse click. Scheduling changes are auto tracked so the volunteer manager can re-email schedules from withing VMS to affected volunteers and position supervisors. VMS handles groups of volunteers as easily as it...

Tags: Volunteer, Volunteer Management System, Mice, Workforce Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Human Resources

Software downloads 2007-12-03

Minister Scheduler Pro (exe)

Minister Scheduler Pro is a program created just for church ministry and volunteer scheduling, developed by industry professionals, and designed so that it can easily be used by anybody with any level of computer skills. Even the most complex scheduling considerations may be dictated through a remarkable simple, plain English...

Tags: Industry, Volunteer, Computer, Rotunda Software, Minister Scheduler Pro, Productivity, Internet, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2006-05-06

Volunteers Programmers Needed

I am a student volunteer for Novamente LLC, an artificial intelligence software company which is looking for more volunteers to help with their operations. At the moment, we specifically need people either proficient in C++ to help with a project in Crystal Space(3D software) or anyone willing to learn the...

Tags: C++, jelormd@...

Discussion threads 2007-02-14

Evolution of Volunteer Participation in Libre Software Projects: Evidence From Debian

Most libre software projects rely on the work of volunteers. Therefore, attracting people who contribute their time and technical skills is of paramount importance, both in technical and economic terms. This reliance on volunteers leads to some fundamental management challenges: volunteer contributions are inherently difficult to predict, plan and manage,...

Tags: University Of Cambridge, Volunteer, Debian, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Open Source, Management, Software

White papers 2005-07-11

Computer Club

I am need of help building a computer organization that is tied to the community. The computer club has been in development since 1992 and is in need of great help. We need people that are interested in building something from the ground up. This includes advisors and board members....

Tags: mike@..., computer, club

Discussion threads 2006-10-19

Photos: Join the search for stardust

At Stardust@Home, volunteers are asked to help locate comet samples brought back by NASA's Stardust probe.

Tags: NASA, photograph, Stardust, volunteer

Image galleries 2006-08-01

Photo: Sacrificing hair to shave the way to a cure for cancer

Cancer is the number one disease killer of children. The mission of the St. Baldrick's Foundation is to raise awareness and funds to Conquer Kids' Cancer by shaving heads on St. Baldrick's Day. TechRepublic staff member Paul Sisler answered the call for volunteers this year and had his head shaved...

Tags: Paul Sisler, Cancer, shave, cure, photograph

Image galleries 2006-03-21

Volunteer Web Coders.....

In response to The Trivia Geek's comment"So you're talking about designing a parallel universe version of TR from the ground up as an open-source project. Interesting. Considering how feature-rich we'd need the site to be, that's one hell of a dev commitment, especially considering that we in all likelihood couldn't...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, TTG, TR Insiders

Discussion threads 2006-02-14

TechProGuild's Instant Messaging Policy

Instant messaging IM systems introduce a serious security risk that's often exploited by hackers. IM programs can introduce viruses and Trojan programs that aid hackers' attempts to illegally obtain sensitive and confidential data. Protecting the organization's computers, systems, data, and communications from unauthorized access is of paramount importance; adherence to...

Tags: worker, adherence, hacker, security risk, unauthorized access, virus, volunteer, computer, IM, messaging, network, trojan horse, security, temporary worker

Download resources 2006-01-25

TechProGuild's Software Installation Policy

Installation of unauthorized computer programs and software, including files downloaded and accessed on the Internet, can easily and quickly introduce serious, fast-spreading security vulnerabilities. Unauthorized software programs, even those seemingly provided by reputable vendors and trusted companies, can introduce viruses and Trojan programs that aid hackers' attempts to illegally obtain...

Tags: adherence, computer, data loss, hacker, Internet, network, security, security vulnerability, software, Software Installation Policy, temporary worker, trojan horse, unauthorized access, virus, volunteer, worker

Download resources 2006-01-10

TechProGuild's Password Policy

Organizations' greatest security vulnerabilities lie in the strength of their passwords. Simple or shared passwords are ineffective and aid hackers and others in their illicit attempts to access the organization's sensitive, proprietary, and confidential data. Protecting the organization's computers, systems, data, and communications from unauthorized access is of paramount importance;...

Tags: worker, hacker, security vulnerability, unauthorized access, volunteer, computer, password, security, temporary worker

Download resources 2006-01-04

Volunteer .net programmer

Just where is a place to volunteer your services to while being unemployed for the moment. Everyone says nonprofit groups, but I have tried contacting them and none seem to have anything as to match my career developement needs.I live in the Louisville area. I am looking to...

Tags: .net, c#, career, developer, job, Microsoft .NET, programming, sbshumate@..., volunteer

Discussion threads 2005-10-20

Additional Resources

The Computational and Storage Potential of Volunteer Computing

"Volunteer computing" uses Internet-connected computers, volunteered by their owners, as a source of computing power and storage. This paper studies the potential capacity of volunteer computing. This paper analyzed measurements of over 330,000 hosts participating in a volunteer computing project. These measurements include processing power, memory, disk space, network throughput,...

Tags: Computing, Volunteer Computing, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-02-27

Volunteer organizations can serve as model for leadership

Jim Weiss, a TechRepublic member, recently e-mailed us in regard to the definition of leadership. His recommendation? Look a volunteer organization to see how really good leaders operate. by Toni Bowers

Tags: Volunteer Organization, Leadership, Management, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Volunteer Computing on Clusters

Clusters typically represent a homogeneous, well maintained pool of high-end computation resources. This makes them particularly attractive for volunteer computing, where unused compute cycles are utilized for scientific guest applications.. In this paper the authors present measurements on a production compute cluster that show long periods of CPU and memory...

Tags: University Of Houston, Computing, Volunteer Computing, Guest Application, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Linux, Storage, Processors, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2006-05-30

Fresh university graduate need advice

Hi I am a recent graduate with a Bachelor of Computer Science degree that specialization in Biomedical Computing. I am unemployed right now. I wish to be a Healthcare Analyst or Health Information Analyst. I have a volunteer opportunity in 2 months for Canadian Society of International Health which I...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, janoose@..., volunteer opportunity, job, health care, computer

Discussion threads 2007-10-19

Poll: Respondents show strong volunteer spirit in times of crisis

An overwhelming majority of respondents say they would provide volunteer technical assistance in a time of crisis. Check out these Polling Place Quick Poll results to see how many would offer their assistance.

Tags: TechRepublic Staff

Technical articles 2002-12-12

Does funding help or hinder open source development?

The answer to that question may seem like a bit of ano-brainer but apparently not. A groupof developers known as Dunc-Tank is aboutto pay selected Debian developers in order to ensure that the upcoming releaseof Debian is on schedule. The move hasopened up quite a bit of...

Tags: Debian, developer, open source

Blog posts 2006-09-24

Photos: Life in the Geekcorps

WAY COOL!If I weren't so disabled I would volunteer for this in a heartbeat!!!

Tags: country, duty, freedom, JCitizen, networking, photograph

Discussion threads 2006-03-04