This page contains some of the references to Lynne Pope that have appeared in the news.
Schools and Community groups in need of computing power
Groups able to apply for surplus city council computers
Manawatu Standard. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Oct 07, 2003. p.7
Open Source Developers Rally to Help Katrina Evacuees
Linux.com Sep 09, 2005
Katrina website popular
Manawatu Standard. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Sep 14, 2005. p. 1
NewsTalk ZB Radio, New Zealand - interview with Lynne Pope, 15th September, 2005.
NZ volunteer helps reunite Katrina victims and families
The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand: Sep 15, 2005
and online here.
Web developers work on database to help disaster vicitms
San Angelo Standard Times, TX, USA: Sep 15, 2005
New Zealand National Radio - Linda Clark interviews Lynne Pope, 16th September 2005.
Kiwi leads Web search for Katrina evacuees
Dominion Post. Wellington, New Zealand: Sep 17, 2005. p. A.8
Greenville Community News, Delaware, USA: Two news articles in week ending 23rd September.
Radio NZ, National Radio - Maggie Barry interviews Lynne Pope, 26th September 2005.
Helping to locate those missing in hurricanes
The Tribune, New Zealand: Nov 27, 2005 p.6
2005 Person of the Year
Manawatu Standard, New Zealand: Jan 02, 2006 p.1
- Lynne Pope awarded Person of the Year for her work on Disastersearch.
The International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters
Consolidating the Role of the Fourth Estate in Disaster Work by A. J. W. Taylor
March 2006 (Vol. 24, No. 1)
US ambassador honours councillor - Councillor Lynne POPE recieved the thanks of the American ambassador for her work with www.disastersearch.org, a website set up to reunite scattered families in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Manawatu Standard, New Zealand: May 11, 2006 p.1
Computerworld - Over 130 line up for inaugural Open Source Awards
Palmerston North city councillor Lynne Pope has been nominated for her involvement with the content-management system Mambo, and for setting up a website, Katrina Evacuee Help Centre, at www.disastersearch.org, to assist victims of the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster.
- Sep 13, 2007 Also online.
Finalist in the NZOSS Awards: http://www.nzosa.org.nz/winners
Packt Publishing, "2008 Open Source CMS Most Valued People" Winner in first annual Open Source CMS MVPs, for Mambo CMS.
Results online here.
