Help Wanted!

General Fab Community :

• FabFolk.org web work : we need help setting up our server with all the goodies to direct people to the wealth of info that’s just crammed in various ways near my desk. We have a linode and own all the domains and are using google for mail and other apps. Also need help uploading content and making it comprehensible and useful for visitors.
• Electronics Bench : Develop a “do-it-yourself” electronics test bench that can be made at any fab lab. The test bench includes a voltmeter, ohmmeter, low-speed (10MHz) oscilloscope, frequency generator (also low speed), and DC power supply.  (Update: join us on May 2 for a work session!)
• Computer Hard Drive Cloning : Create a step-by-step picture guide to clone computers using Clonezilla.
• FabFi 2.0 - this is networking, routing, meshing stuff and needs to be done before late August. This is development work and you should already have a clue about hacking the Linksys WRT54GL. Of course more hands (especially female ones) available during the deployment are very helpful but we won’t be able to train on site. You must arrive self-sufficient to be on one end of the link.

• Shopbot training and uses. You must arrive already knowing how to use a Shopbot PRS Alpha and the Windows based Part Works / Part Wizard. The goal is not for you to make things but to teach Afghans how to use the Shopbot with hands-on projects. We have a high speed spindle in Jalalabad.
• Cisco CCNA course needs a facilitator. You do not need to be a certified instructor, this could be a “cat herder” for group-self-study. This can begin in person then transition to online or vice versa.
• The tech lending library (varied things from digital cameras and laptops to power tools) opens up the possibility of a co-located “regular” book library too. There is no public library (lending or reading) in eastern Afghanistan. We’ll have a staff person who could double as a librarian and a secure space in the center of city. Will you be the book (or other media) library champion and organizer? This region has no tradition of public lending libraries and much of the policies and practices will need to be developed.
• Pashto Wikipedia : develop the Pashto language wikipedia by teaching users how to access and post entries
• T-Shirt Club : The T-Shirt Club needs a permanent business mentor to expand to a manageable business.
• Women’s Resource Center : flesh out the specific activities and number of participants in the initial WRC. Lead workshops and run projects (in-country). Provide artistic guidance or finishing work.