Ushahidi Weekly Update (#26)
We are a growing community. This weekly report is for the whole community and team to share what you are working on and what you need help with. Highlight your presentations, events, code and more. These reports will go out mid-week
Date: October 2 - 9, 2012
Community and Deployers:
About: What are you working on? What do you need help with?
Deployment of the Week: to be determined. See all the Deployments of the Week
Ushahidi is now in Gaeltacht (Gaelic). Thanks to Tommy Kavanagh for translating the software. We are always looking for more translation help. Check out our Localization and Translation wiki pages for details on how to get started.
Olga Werby presented on behalf of Ushahidi at the Bridge Summit:
We're delighted when folks create How to Videos. Our friends at the Wimax Monitoring project created this "Get Alerts" video.
Code:
About: What code are your working on? What needs help?
Android Users: we've made some updates to app. You can download this from Google Play.
Testing 2.6
A quick heads up, there is a code-freeze currently in effect. There is a 2.6b branch on github which is what we are testing in preparation for 2.6 version of Ushahidi Core. Development can still continue but on the develop branch on github. For testing, you can either do one of the following:
• Use http://testing.ushahidi.com.
◦ Administrator credentials are::: Username/email = testing@ushahidi.com, password = admin
◦ NB: There are key areas to focus on for this release, notes can be found on the wiki here: Migrating to Ushahidi 2.6 However, feel free to test other parts or the whole platform.
• Download the code here -> https://github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/tree/2.6b and test from your servers. Make sure its the branch 2.6b
The test scenarios and bug tracking plan can be logged here
Help Wanted:
Ju$txt is a new ICT4D initiative trying to track corruption through SMS and online reports. We are looking for techies with experience in javascript to help change some Ushahidi plugins to fit a slightly modified use case. Specifically we need people with experience working with the new mapping system in Ushahidi 2.5 and the Ushahidi UI. Please contact Ralph at Ralph@justxt.org.
Events:
About: Events, presentations and hosting by Ushahidi Core, Community. Share your presentations, your videos etc.
The Ushahidi DC casual meetup was a success with 30 people attending. Here are some photos:
Jaroslav Presented Ushahidi in Czech Republic last week: 
http://twitpic.com/b1w6d0
Team Jaya in Indonensia: reintroducing #Ushahidi, location-based crowdsourcing tool revisualized as map with video&pic feat. #HAC2012 
David Kobia attended the Gates meeting:
http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2012/10/A-Day-of-Digital-Innovation
The big event in DC this week is the International Conference of Crisis Mappers. It is all sold out. Virtual participation is welcome for RHOK @ ICCM.
The second big event is a free and open Random Hacks of Kindness at the International Conference of CrisisMappers. Registration is open until October 8th. The event is on the weekend October 13 -1 4, 2012. Virtual participation is welcome. We'll try to stream the pitches. The challenges range from maps to data to some hardware thinking.
Research:
Call for Papers for ISCRAM2013 is out !!! Deadline for Full Papers is November 15. Details and more details.
Ushahidi was mentioned in the Global Civil Society 2012: Ten Years of Critical Reflection (book)