Call for Open Source Projects

As you may have heard by now, North Country Public Radio has launched a site at www.pubforge.org to act as a repository/demo site/promotional space for open source tools oriented toward the needs of public broadcasting stations and organizations. We are actively seeking projects to recommend in the site, particularly those that are ready or can be made ready for use by others in the community immediately. PubForge is best set up to host demo versions of projects that run in an apache/php/mysql environment, but we have offers of technical support to host projects with different requirements. Projects of interest that we may not be able to host are still welcome--PubForge will provide a resource area for descriptions of other projects with links to download sites and demo areas that may exist elsewhere.

We are also seeking to build a developer/support community around these projects with a longterm aim of being the go-to site for small and underresourced stations who want to create a strong online presence using tools built and supported by those who know the needs of public broadcasting best, their colleagues in the community. If you are interested, please email dale@ncpr.org.