What's happening in Ushahidi

Cecilia Hinga
Oct 10, 2019

Conferences $ Events

Next week we have our CTO, lead designer and senior software developer will give talks in All Things Open(ATO) 2019 in Raleigh, North Carolina from October 13th-15th. This event will be focusing on open technology that is, tools, processes, and people that make open-source available. Click on the link to see all the speakers that will be sharing their knowledge, get updates and the event overview. (Link)

We will be taking part in this year's Hacktoberfest London 2019 where project owners get to invite contributors to join and get involved by giving great ideas, help in bug fixes and contribution towards documentations, to help eliminate project blockers. Here is a link to Ushahidi’s Hacktoberfest issues.

Releases.

We are excited to announce platform v4.0.1 has now been released. This comes with;

A release of new documentation, which you can find on https://docs.ushahidi.com, it includes a User Manual, new documentation for OSS deployers and contributors, and a public meeting log for our community and OSS focused meetings.

Installation helper that makes it easier for users to identify and solve common problems during the installation process. You can read more about it here.

Requirements to install this version and technical notes for the release. Get it all here.

Ushahidi code of conduct

We have been making improvements to our code of conduct policies to ensure we are providing a harassment-free and secure environment for our large open source community. We strive to become more inclusive in how we support everybody, regardless of who they are. Feel welcomed to contribute to our code of collaboration and help make our community a safe zone to engage in.