VolunteerList

Volunteer List Info

Thanks for your interest in helping us out! A few general notes about our volunteer program:

• For budgetary reasons, we must minimize the number of paid staff, with a very few exceptions for major roles (and even there, we're trying to get people for less than their professional rates). So we will put up projects for volunteers first.
• If there are no volunteers, we will give preference to those willing to work at a discounted rate

We are using the wiki to organize the list of volunteers, since it is user-editable, which is much simpler for the TSI administrators than the previous method of having volunteers post on a forum thread or email volunteers@seasteading.org. If you are interested in helping out, please:

• FillOutYourProfile skills (if you posted them publicly, we may have done this for you):
• Add your name to any projects/positions/sections you're interested in.
  • Link your name to your seasteading.org profile with {{U|your_username}}, as you can see in the existing entries.
  • Add any details, like special skills / qualifications that aren't in your profile skills section.
  • If you'd need to be paid, please note that.

We have populated the list based on this forum thread and emails sent to volunteers@seasteading.org, but we may have missed some, so please check your listing and of course feel free to edit it.

List of Projects / Areas

About The List

• Each role links to a description on the TSI Jobs/Volunteer Page
• For filled roles, also see the TSI Jobs/Volunteer Page
• There will be more projects available in the future, check back here or watch the blog for announcements.
• Feel free to add new roles to the Miscellaneous section at the end. Please don't add/edit roles in earlier sections!

The List

Community

General

• Conference Coordinators - Help us make our first annual conference fun and inspiring!
  • Alexis Bright
  • anne - I've done quite a lot of conferences thus far, up to 400 people, so I know what needs to be done, what the best ways are to get things done and to get speakers, negotiate deals etc. I am however based in the Netherlands right now, but am willing to travel, plus that my evenings are daytime in the US, which is where I suspect you will want the conference to be organized, so no time-difference trouble there.
• Membership Coordinator - Design and operate our membership program.
  • fredaron - I'll read the book
  • Thorizan - As will I. I'd like to do what I can to help here. This looks like a great endeavor.
• Marketing Associate - Help us craft a sticky message and simplify our vision to its bare essentials.
• Burners - Help represent the seasteading community at Burning Man!
  • cody - Will be attending BM 2008, can hand out anything sent to me.

Website

• Site Associate - Help us run the seasteading.org website!
  • thebastidge
  • Daniel Morgan
  • Brian Mendenhall
  • Patrick Moelands - Webmaster at a company, 10+ years web design, 5 years linux experience.
• Forum Administrator
  • lasse-birk-olesen - I have some experience here
  • João Leite - I have already worked as an assistant-editor to an academic website (we had a forum)
  • Joep - Removing spam is a dream come true
• Site Publicity Associate - Help us with SEO / Blog publicity.

Graphics/Design

• Visual Inspiration Associate - Find good pictures (and quotes) for the website
• Design Associates - We have a number of 2D and 3D graphic design projects.
  • Paul Spooner - Blender Modeling (also Gimp and Inkscape)
  • ajtaka - Blender Modeling, svg coding, vector drawing
  • xoid - 3d graphics (povray.org)
  • Jesrad - Second Life and Wings3D modeling
  • Dean Landolt - Graphic design (Photoshop, Illustrator). Modeling (AutoCAD, Sketchup). I've done both professionally, but being a F/OSS developer I really ought to hone my design chops with the Free toolchain anyway.
  • Charles Lee - Masters Degree in Architecture from California College of Art in SF. Sent portfolio, and would need to be paid.
  • Kenetor - BSc 3D Modeling and Animation, use 3ds max, vray, combustion. will do images in 3D for free, animations i would want to be paid for depending on the content and length.

Programming

• Drupal Programmer - We have many small website projects available for those with Drupal/PHP experience.
  • Mathijs Koenraadt of Morningtime Internet Agency
  • Arto Bendiken
  • Dean Landolt - I've hacked around with Drupal -- I'm not expert but I know me some PHP.
• GIS Programmer - We would like to add more interactive geodata to the website.
  • Golovco Anatolie
• Perl/Python Programmer
  • Brian Mendenhall

Regional

These are unofficial roles where you agree to help out with a particular country. We might direct press inquiries from that country to contact you for a quote or interview, ask you to translate or summarize local articles, or for a couch to crash on if we come visit :).

• Australia
  • Temujin - perhaps regional ambassador for Australia and/or Asia. I should be able to handle translation to Chinese.
• Brazil
  • João Leite - I live in Brazil and I have experience with public speaking, I speak Portuguese (native), English, Spanish (fluent) and German (advanced).
• Denmark
  • lasse-birk-olesen- I can currently go to all of Denmark, Southern Sweden, and Northern Germany and evangelize in Danish and English, orally and in writing. I have experience in speaking to an audience.
• Finland
  • ajtaka
• Italy
  • Pippolo
• Netherlands
  • eelco, Joep
• France
  • jesrad
• United Kingdom
  • NoDachi - Located in the Midlands, can be a regional correspondent or researcher. Can offer floor space if needed ;)
• Venezuela / Mexico
  • njquintero - I am able to manage a regional group and organize conferences.

Research

• Research Associate - Help us kick off the research program by finding/hiring a full-time Chief Scientist.
• Scientific Advisory Board Coordinator - Help us create the SAB.
• Chief Scientist (needs job description)
• Legal research - We have a volunteer experienced w/ international maritime law, but will surely have other questions, and it would be good to have someone to help interpret his answers and spec out his projects.
  • zavislak - I'll have the ability to do independent research for law school credit during the next two years. I'll see what I can come up with on my own, but if you have any suggestions about particular topics, let me know!
• Web Research
  • lasse-birk-olesen
  • João Leite - I have some experience with academic researching, and I have already worked as an assistant-editor to an academic website.
  • Thorizan - I can get and organize information on any topic you would like me to research. I'm here to help.

Engineering

• Eng Consulting Crew - Add your name here if you're willing to be emailed / pestered with occasional engineering questions. Mention your specialties.
  • eelco - Mech. E
  • seymour77 - Ocean Engineering, Power systems, support infrastructure.
  • sundiver - I have extensive and varied marine experience that could benefit your organization...In almost any aspect of your endeavors, I can express an opinion on whether something is fiction or fantasy, and support it.
  • Ron Woodward - Professional Engineer licensed in the state of Indiana, Living in Virginia near Virginia Beach.
• Director of Engineering (needs job description)
  • Andy House
  • Gary T (see post)
  •  ? Rob Bryan (see post)
• Manual Labor in San Francisco, CA, USA
  • andrewdblevins - I would be up for helping with heavy lifting and manual labor over a summer when you get ready for construction.

Miscellaneous (Feel free to add new roles!)

Feel free to add new roles here!

Website stuff

• Misc IT work/skills
  • Pippolo - I could help in Information Technology (I'm a Networking Manager)
  • Ivan - I work in IT and developer workloflow system. I have MCSE, MCDBA certificate's
  • xoid - Unix sysadmin
  • Mikhail - Unix/Windows system administration, hosting skills,
• Misc Design work
  • Tuk - I'm a professional webdesigner with 5 years (2 pro) experience working with web/graphic design and site administration. I'm mainly profficient in xHTML, and CSS, but I've got experience working with most major CMSes, running blogs/forums etc. I can do minor backend work, and can work with PHP/ASP files. So basically if you need any help with the website frontend I can do it. I'm not a "programmer" though, I leave scripting to the smarter guys :)
• Misc Programming
  • aquatsr - Extensive C/C++, MATLAB, and MathCad skills, Moderate Perl, PHP, SQL, Python skills
  • LegioNovaInvicta - I am able to program in C, PHP, HTML, Javascript
  • Mikhail - Programming skils (Perl/PHP/C and some other languages, database programming),
  • deanlandolt - Python is my language of choice, but I can work with PHP and the like. I also have a bunch of front end experience with Flash and javascript libraries (jQuery in particular is my savior these days).
  • Marco.antonio.costa - I've programmed in PHP, C/C++, Javascript and SQL. I use GNU/Linux mostly.

Business / Entrepreneurship

• Medical - libertariandoc: I'd like to take on the research and some development for medical plans and facilities
• General - whysean - "Former HavenCo CEO looking for work :-) - I am willing to help in any way that does not involve moving anywhere."
• Recreational - NoDachi - Interested in the potential of setting up Bar/Club on a larger Seastead. For the sale of alcohol, entertainment and the possibility of small scale recreational drug licensing. Some DJing experience.
  • Potential of setting up a music/news radio station on Seastead. Shortband radio or intranet.
  • Potential of annual 'ocean music festival'.
• Import/Export - NoDachi - Interested in the potential of acquiring none-essential items from terrestrial sources for retail on the Seastead. E.g. Alcohol, multi-media.
• Aquaculture - Thorizan - One thing for which seasteads would be aptly suited is aquaculture, and I can research companies like OceanSpar and other organizations working with NOAA to see if we could even get some capital and/or grants to help with our research to the extent that it correlates with their own. Anything to help our cause.

Infrastructure

• General Skills
  • finch - fish culturist, general handyman, some experience with commercial fisheries harvest/management/enhancement.
  • andw00t - I can any work as the electrician, the electronician, the radioian, the radarian incliuding disel power generation.
  • LegioNovaInvicta - I am a first year Electronic Engineering with business management student. Therefore I have acquired a background in Physics, Maths, Circuits and assembly programming.
• Defense
  • Russell Whitaker
  • firefool125 - i may not be an expert, but ever since i was little i have loved everything there was to know about military warfare and defense technology, so if there is anything that you need to know about defense of the seasteads then I will know it, be able to find out about it, or be able to find the right person to help you with it.
  • Halcyon - Im trained in the use of firearms, (pistols, assault-rifles, heavy-machineguns,grenades). Im trained in military warfare, first response, tactics, and troop supervision.
  • NoDachi - Previously trained through Paramilitary organisation, including a variety of small arms, teamwork and leadership principles. Can offer a level-headed and realistic contribution to any defense strategy. Previously offered advice and insight to the FreeNationFoundation micronation project.

• Power Generation
  • BenderFry - I have a BS in Chemical Engineering, with 3 years production experience. I could assist in control systems and power generation (specifically of the turbine based systems).