Below is an announcement from CrisisCampNZ about the group’s decision to no longer maintain/update the main Christchurch Recovery Map website as of March 11:
As things in Christchurch begin to switch from ‘response’ mode to ‘recovery’ mode, we have consulted with people on the ground in Christchurch on the future of the eq.org.nz site. Given that Student Volunteer Army (SVA) is winding its operations down, the consensus was that we are also planning for a managed wind down of eq.org.nz by this Friday 11 March at 5pm.
We have received some wonderfully positive feedback on the useful service that we provided to the people of Christchurch, and our work is now being used in Libya as well. I hope you all feel proud to have been a part of such a generous group of people who donated their time,efforts, and ideas to such a worthy cause.
On Friday at 5pm you will see a banner appear on the eq.org.nz site with the following text: “This site is no longer being maintained. Information will be progressively out of date. Please visit (official URLs) for official information about the recovery.” Some sub-projects of the site, such as http://maps.eq.org.nz for data and http://business.eq.org.nz for business recovery and assistance, will live on for a bit longer until they become less useful or relevant.
In the meantime, there will be some work required to ensure that the site degrades gracefully. ‘Wind down’ tasks are being worked through now, so please join us on Skype if you are still able to volunteer. We’d also love to get your feedback on your volunteering experience on this low-pain survey, which will be passed on to the Crisis Commons Global Community:
Debriefing sessions for all volunteers are being organised in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland and also online. More details to come shortly. If you’d like to stay involved in the use of technology for emergency management, or get involved in future response activities in New Zealand, please join
CrisisCampNZ email list: http://groups.google.com/group/crisiscamp-nz
CrisisCampNZ Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/crisiscamp-nz
Thank you so much for your help with eq.org.nz!
We will be following up on this blog and on the Wiki with after action items, perspectives and eventually a report, but for now, we’d also like to thank everyone that has contributed to this project over the past few hard weeks, and of course, we wish the people and city of Christchurch a speedy recovery.
I am here writing this message because I have just joined the site.
I am crisis intervention worker, & receiving information about crisis intervention could not have come at a better time. I mean, I don’t enjoy crises, I am just one of the people dedicated to taking care of people suffering from it.