[Sahana_proj] Fwd: website for cross country charity bike ride

[Ralph Morelli]

Hi folks,

Here's a possible team project idea that sounds really great.  Colin  
Davis ('07) would like to create a web site to host a blog,  
photographs, and other items as a resource for his cross country bike  
ride.  The purpose of the ride is to raise awareness and money about  
environmental issues.   He's not too fussy about what goes onto the  
web site and  I told him that in order for it satisfy our course  
project requirements, it would have to involve a database back end.   
But I don't think that should be too difficult to work into the  
requirements and design.  Here are some of the features it might have:

* Blog support
* Photo database with search
* Database of articles about environmental issues
* Google map support to track his ride
* Database for tracking his "performance" -- e.g., miles per day,  
weather, calories, etc.

Anyway, use your imagination.  Professor Ellis and I agree that this  
would be a terrific project. In fact, if it's too big for one two- 
person team, perhaps two teams could collaborate on it. One of  
Colin's requirements would be to have a live web site up as soon as  
possible, although it wouldn't have to have many of the features that  
could be added during the remainder of the semester.

If you're interested in this, contact Colin directly. I've cc'ed him  
on this message. If you'd like to set up a meeting with Colin and me  
or Prof. Ellis to discuss this idea, let us know.

Regards,
-- ram

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Davis, Colin S. \(2007\)" <Colin.Davis at trincoll.edu>
> Date: February 12, 2007 3:19:15 PM EST
> To: "Morelli, Ralph A" <Ralph.Morelli at trincoll.edu>
> Subject: re: website for cross country charity bike ride
>
> Dr. Morelli,
>
> Professor Ellis pointed me in your direction regarding an  
> independent study I'm doing.  I'm setting up a cross country bike  
> ride to raise awareness of global warming and to highlight   
> business practices that are both environmentally and economically  
> responsible.  I am about to start fundraising for the event, with  
> surplus funds going to an environmental non-profit called  
> Sustainable Endowments and I really need a well designed website as  
> soon as possible.
>
> I was told by Prof. Ellis that you have a class selecting open  
> source projects at the moment.  I'll try to stop by in a little bit  
> after your class to talk, but if I miss you please let me know if  
> you think a group in your class might be interested in working on  
> this.  Thanks much,
>
> Colin Davis '07
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