Credits
Community Weaver 3 is a product of TimeBanks.Org and was developed by Kent Davidson of Market Acumen, Inc.. To see the history of changes look at the release notes.
We would like to thank all of the individuals who helped to make this product a reality; without them, it would not be what it is today.
TimeBanks.Org Executive Team & Board
- Edgar Cahn, Founder & Chairman of the Board
- Christine Gray, TimeBanks.Org USA, Executive Chair of the Board
- Krista Wyatt, CEO & Executive Director (2020-present)
See the TimeBanks.Org board members at: TimeBanks.Org
Advisory Team – From Start to Roll-Out
The TimeBanks advisory team participated in feature development, reviews, and usability feedback for Community Weaver 3.0. Their input was invaluable in shaping the product.
- Dave Asher, TimeBanks of Puget Sound
- Eric Bachman, TimeBanks.Org Technical Coordinator, & Onion River Exchange
- Alan Baker, Brattleboro Time Trade
- Abby Greer, Crooked River Alliance of TimeBanks
- Beth Thorpe, Louisville TimeBank
- Gretchen Zalkind, NOLA TimeBank
Advisory Team – Ongoing Development
- Eric Bachman, TimeBanks.Org Technical Coordinator, & Onion River Exchange
- Abby Greer, Crooked River Alliance of TimeBanks
- BJ Andryusky, St. Pete Timebank
- Stacey Jacobsohn, Time Initiative of Maine
Software Quality
Our software quality team spent hundreds of hours finding and analyzing bugs in Community Weaver during our alpha and beta stages, to make sure Community Weaver was as stable and bug-free as possible:
- Alan Baker, Software Quality Lead, Brattleboro Time Trade
- Eric Bachman, TimeBanks.Org Technical Coordinator, & Onion River Exchange
- Ron Arant, TimeBanks of Puget Sound
- Rachel Bickel, Brattleboro Time Trade
- Nate Boating, TDN
- Sascha Bratton, Brattleboro Time Trade
- Judy Conway, Crooked River
- Ken Edwards Crooked River
- Cecilia Finnigan, TimeBanks of Puget Sound
- Bijal Karia, TimeBanks of Puget Sound
- Kevin Loverde, Brattleboro Time Trade
- Beth Mattern, TimeBanks of Puget Sound
- Kathy Perlow, TDN
- Susan Rohde, Brattleboro Time Trade
Design and Usability Expertise/Feedback
- Chris Dietrich, Water Table Creative
- Lauren Garcia, Ashoka
- Elie Abou Saab, Creapix
Usability Testers
These TimeBank members took the time to help us analyze the usability of Community Weaver 3 and greatly inflenced changes made to improve usability. We can't thank them enough:
- Chloe Budnik, Onion River Exchange
- Gail Gove, Onion River Exchange
- Ricky Haddan, NOLA TimeBank
- Heather Kralik, Onion River Exchange
- Nancy Sherman, Onion River Exchange
- Sari Steuber, [Media TimeBank]
- Rosalie Torres, NOLA TimeBank
Documentation
- Eric Bachman, TimeBanks.Org Technical Coordinator, & Onion River Exchange
- Kent Davidson
- Alan Baker, Brattleboro Time Trade
Community Weaver Documentation
Special Thanks
All of the many TimeBank coordinators and members who submitted suggestions for improvements, changes and new features.
Financial Support
For all the individuals and the TimeBanks whose donations have helped to support the development of this software. Special shout-outs to the following for their generous individual donations:
- Mark McDonough
- Edgar Cahn & Christine Gray
External Tools and Libraries
Community Weaver 3 is built with the following open source library toolkits; we greatly appreciate all of the work and dedication that goes into providing this free software.
- Ubuntu Operating System - Server operating systems
- Apache Web Server Software - Web server software
- PHP: Hypertext Processor - Web scripting language
- Zesk Application Framework - Database interface, MVC, and tools for front and back-end development
- jQuery · License - Swiss-army knife for web front-end
- jQuery UI · License - Toolkits for web user interfaces
- Bootstrap, by Twitter · License - CSS architecture, UI widgets, and responsive layout tools
- Masonry · License - JavaScript plugin which lines up boxes neatly
- OpenLayers · License - Mapping software
- TinyMCE · License Download - WYSIWYG editor
- iLess · License - PHP LESS Compiler (allows for branding of sites)
- jQuery-DateTimePicker · License - Date/Time picker library
- jGrowl · License - Notifications on the page
