| 5 | == Use Cases == |
| 6 | === Respond and Rebuild === |
| 7 | |
| 8 | R+R provides muck-outs and mold remediation services to people in the Rockaways. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | What they do: |
| 11 | * assess houses to see what work they need done, organize volunteers to do that work, and follow up with residents to make sure everything |
| 12 | * worked out okay. |
| 13 | * manage resources for the OS community, including tools and vehicles. |
| 14 | * purchase supplies for their own work and the work of others. |
| 15 | * do canvassing |
| 16 | |
| 17 | What they need: |
| 18 | * assessments: track their assessments through various workflows |
| 19 | * resources: log their resources and create ways for the community to access them. |
| 20 | * requests: make and fulfill requests from the network |
| 21 | * canvassing: manage canvassing information through various workflows |
| 22 | |
| 23 | === Mapping the Network === |
| 24 | MtN collects information about the projects people in the OS network are engaging in and help connect projects doing similar work with each other. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | What they do: |
| 27 | * develop relationships at all the active OS sites |
| 28 | * get information from active OS sites about what is taking place there |
| 29 | * collect and organize information about the sites and discrete projects in the OS network |
| 30 | * create beautiful, intuitive representations of this information |
| 31 | |
| 32 | What they need: |
| 33 | * a directory of people and locations active in OS |
| 34 | * a way to record information about sites and the projects - site-specific and non-site-specific. |
| 35 | * an organizational schema that enables them to match projects doing similar work or who could effectively share resource together. |
| 36 | * different types of maps! |
| 37 | |
| 38 | === Childs Building (Warehouse) === |
| 39 | The Childs Building is a warehouse in Coney Island being run by “Coney Rises” an Occupy Sandy affinity group similar to R+R composed of many folks from the 520 and Jacobi logistics operations. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | What they do: |
| 42 | * Receive shipments and distribute goods to the OS network |
| 43 | * Manage OS network assets, such as vehicles and heavy equipment |
| 44 | |
| 45 | What they need: |
| 46 | * Inventory (warehouse) management |
| 47 | * Asset managment |
| 48 | |
| 49 | === Occupy Sandy SI === |
| 50 | OSSI has the largest and most organized hub in the OS network. They’ve begun a serious canvassing operation and want to organize their data. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | What they do: |
| 53 | * Manage a large tool library and inventory |
| 54 | * Send out canvassers |
| 55 | |
| 56 | What they need: |
| 57 | * Manage inventory |
| 58 | * Manage assets |
| 59 | * Manage canvassing data and work assessments |
| 60 | * Communicate with the network |
| 61 | |
| 62 | |