virtual pioneers:
the original IOL online volunteers

More than 20 online volunteers helped launch the original Impact Online Web site back in 1994 (around the time of .9 beta of the Netscape browser) or helped further develop and maintain IOL's Web site and other activities through 1996. They were truly online pioneers, and IOL owes a great deal of its success to them. Many of these volunteers also contributed information about their online experiences to help in the development of materials for the Virtual Volunteering Project.

Mueed Ahmad [mahmad@uoknor.edu]
Helped create the searchable database on the original IOL site.

Mark Bult [mark_bult@designlink.com]
Web site art and design for IOL's original Web site.

Brian Costner [brian@eclecticworks.com]
Helped with development and maintenance of the Community Center on IOL's original Web site that linked to volunteer opportunities around the world.

Julie Chang [jchang@scudc.scu.edu]
Helped develop the Education Area on IOL's original Web site.

Jocelyn Dong [josied@aol.com]
Helped edit pages and assisted us with events (onsite too!).

Clark Dong [clarkd@hybrid.com]
Helped with IOL's original "virtual volunteers" program, and managed IOL's online survey, one of the first efforts to profile the people who were using the Internet "to turn good intentions into action."

Mary Dryden [mary@zeppelin.pa.itc.hp.com]
Helped with development work on Homeless Economic Development area on IOL's original Web site.

Steve Gordon [editorman@aol.com]
Helped create and manage IOl's first "virtual volunteer" program, which involved more than 20 online volunteers

Andrew Guest [andyg@woodwind.com]
Helped with copy editing our site

Chip Hall and others at Niehaus Ryan Haller Public Relations, Inc.
http://www.nrh.com/
Helped with public and press relations, and with the launch of Cookin on the Net, the Internet's First Simultaneous offline and online fundraising event.

Randy Hill [rlh@saturn.net]
Volunteer programmer (CGI Scripts and database)

Tom Hogland [THoglund@aol.com]
Provided support to IOL's Associate Organization (many organizations, such as the Points of Light Foundation, had their first web site on IOL)

Scotty McBride [scotty@visicom.com]
Answered tech support questions via email from both users and other volunteers

Bill Melcher [emelcher@aol.com]
Provided PR support and help with development of IOL's original Web site.

Mike Novotny [Mike.Novotny@PinpointSolutions.com
Pinpoint Solutions
Provided CGI Programming and Database Development

Dana Powell [danapowell@aol.com]
Provided development work on Homeless Economic Development.

Dee Okolotwicz
http://www.webcom.com/~djokolot
Helped with IOL's original "virtual volunteer" project.

Aylwin Stewart [aylwin@usa.com]
Provided CGI Programming and Database Development

Peter Tavernise [ptavern@mercury.acpub.duke.edu]
Oversaw IOL's "Best of the Web" Contest, one of the first efforts to highlight the best Web sites for and by nonprofit organizations.

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• Virtual Volunteering Resources
  How to find and involve volunteers working from home or work computers, online resources for volunteer managers, advice for individuals who want to volunteer virtually, etc. These pages are updated and added to each month.

• How Your Agency Can Utilize the Virtual Volunteering Project
  Tips on how to use this Web site, information about our offline services, and how we can help you introduce or expand virtual volunteering in your agency.

• Virtual Volunteering Project home page

If you do use Virtual Volunteering Project materials in your own workshop or trainings, or republish materials in your own publications, please let us know, so that we can track how this information is disseminated.

If you are interested in more up-to-date information about virtual volunteering, view the Virtual Volunteering Wiki.