We all know the holidays are the time for giving back and trying to make the world a better place.Separate from Libya-Analysis®, I am in the process of creating community run project, Eye On ISIS in Libya. I envision it as a pro bono web service to track the Islamic State in Libya and provide up-to-date information and analysis on the group's actions and the responses of Libyan and international actors. In my view there is a desperate need for this kind of service as neither the UN, the international media, Western governments, think-tanks, nor the academy are producing a comprehensive resource about ISIS in Libya, its origins, and accurate information about its week-by-week activities. My firm belief is that the existence of such a resource will help researchers and governments.For this resource to be accurate, up-to-date, filled with useful and easily accessible content, maps, videos, reportage it will take a whole team of volunteers, each willing to offer their time/expertise/insights and even vision of how the service should operate. Therefore, if you have any relevant expertise or simply interest and could spare anything from an hour a week upwards, please contact Jason Pack at eyeonisisinlibya@gmail.com. This project needs grad students with an interest on either jihadism or Libya, professional counterterror analysts, Diaspora Libyans, people with an expertise in tracking social media, web and graphic designers, and crafted wordsmiths and editors. It will truly take a village. I hope you will think about donating some of your time and will contact me. Note I am also looking for a range of volunteeers but also two high level and possibly paid positions: one as a partner to take part ownership over the enterprise and help direct its implementation and a webmaster who has excellent written English and web skills as well as a modicum of Libya knowledge. I imagine that both of those tasks would require ala five hours a week.You can tweet this notice via clicking this link and then the tweet tag.
Call for Experts, Volunteers, Interested Colleagues to Track ISIS in Libya