[Ldsoss] Ward mapping application

[Charles Boling]

> I'm on an email list for ward clerks, and there's been quite a bit of
> chatter about the following web site:
> http://wardmap.theballfamily.org/intro.asp
>
> I don't know if it is open source but I bring it up because it appears to
> be a really cool application, but the same issues are being asked about on
> the list that were asked about on our list awhile ago.  If one uses this
> website, confidential data is being passed to this website

Kevin Ball is a friend of mine (okay, our wives were best friends growing 
up, so even though we we're half a continent away, we're at least amiable 
acquaintances!) and I forwarded your message to him with a "Hey, you're 
famous!" and got this response:

>> I'd be more than happy to pass the source code to the church...just not
>> sure who to pass it to.

If anyone's interested in collaborating with him, he does post an email 
address on his family web site.  I don't think he's really "used" to an 
open source style of working, but I'm sure with some effort we can bring 
him to the light side. ;-)

It is a pretty neat application, but while I *might* consider copying his 
app for myself, I too won't put my ward's stuff on *his* site because as 
you pointed out, you're sending your unit's data places where it really 
doesn't belong.  Half the church's contact info in one spot not properly 
secured would be too big a target, and I'd hate for some enterprising 
Living Scriptures salesman to lose his soul... :-)