Craig's List

Twice in the past week I've heard people refer to the need for a "Craig's List for service." First at Roots Camp, where it was suggested that such a website/organizational model would make it easier for people to plug into various civic opportunities. The second time I heard it was from Craig himself.

Craig Newmark wrote a blog on the Huffington Post noting that the Obama Administration has made a call for such an entity on it's Change.gov site. Craig's got some good ideas as to what such a service might do and how it could evolve using existing infrastructure and institutions such as Volunteer Match and Kiva.org. Definitely worth a read if you are trying to conceptualize how Obama can make good on his promises regarding a new call to service in America.