Foundation Journal

Note: This document is an early draft of a business case to upgrade a volunteer management system. It is not intended to be a fully organized statement of requirements, but more of a collection of features and a document for discussion. Overview Harvesters, the Kansas City area food bank, would like to improve the capability of the Volunteer App, the volunteer management system used to schedule, track and recruit volunteers and groups.  The Volunteer Services department would also like to improve the efficiency and accuracy of volunteer management by adapting their processes with new features and functions from an updated application. The current, custom Microsoft Access-based system developed a few years ago provides a rich-featured, robust solution to track individuals and groups volunteering at Harvesters. The system tracks all volunteers working in the Volunteer Outreach Center, as well as those donating their time and skills for events and in departments throughout Ha

There has been a significant amount of attention focused on Google's latest project - Google Fiber. Recent reporting has focused on how the Google Fiber project will transform how we use the Internet, close the digital divide and otherwise elevate KC to a new level of human interaction. There is no doubt there are large numbers of consumers ready for the new "buffer-less" environment. By tempting, if not playing worthy outlets, for free access -- schools and libraries -- that it make it an easier product to sell. But a line of existing telecom providers -- some of the largest and most profitable multi-national companies are measuring the fairness to markets. Ensuring cable and phone companies are not left out of the right-of-way argument kept KCK from giving away something they charge these companies. In the early 1980's fresh out of college, I went to work for United Telephone System, which provided local land lines, was quite concerned about the governmen