Technology Committee

The technology committee manages the office computers and other equipment.  We provide technical direction for the website (content is provided mainly from the public relations committee).  Overall, our goal is to make the jobs of everyone in the organization easier.

If you are technically inclined, you’re welcome to assist us in our efforts (see the online volunteer form).  We generally do not adhere to any specific programming language or paradigm.  We draw on the skillset of our volunteers and we encourage exploration in new technologies.  We try to focus on de facto standards, but we’ll use more obscure technologies if we have the volunteers to support them and they help us serve our mission.  Being an all-volunteer non-profit, we definitely focus on low-cost solutions.

Currently in the office we run Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.  Licenses to many software products have been made available to us at a reduced cost through TechSoup.  Many of our computers are donations from local individuals and companies.

The website is created with WordPress.  WordPress is written in PHP and it stores its data in a MySQL database.  WordPress Plugins used include Akismet, Breadcrumb NavXT, cformsII, Google Sitemaps Generator, postcasa, and Viper’s Video Quicktags.  Web hosting is done using Apache through TotalChoiceHosting, and email is through Google Apps.