The following timeline illustrates the persons and agencies that were involved, either directly or indirectly, by participating in interviews and support throughout the thesis research process. The intent is to identify these entities to eliminate redundancy in future research efforts.

19 November 2005
Phone Conversation with Tony Burgess, Co-Creator of Company Command.com
12 January 2006
Meeting with Dr. Peter Denning, Professor, Chair, Director of the Cebrowski Institute
13 January 2006
Phone Conversation with Chris Gunderson – W2COG
15 January 2006
Phone Conversation with CPT Don Smith CPE and ACTD connection at Ft Leavenworth
26 January 2006
Thesis Support Concept Discussion with Sue Higgins Lecturer of IS, Deputy Director of
Cebrowski Institute
19 – 25 March TDY.
20 March 2006
Interview with COL Ferdinand Irizarry, G-3, USACAPOC
21 March 2006
Interview with LTC James Wolff, Commander, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion
22 March 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Peter Ganz / Joel Chaney, Refugees International
23 March 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Rebecca Linder, Steven Siegel, CSIS
Thesis Concept Brief with MAJ Angela Burth, LTC Dickens Office Chief Information
Joint Staff – Pentagon
24 March 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Dave Davis, George Mason University, POP
Thesis Concept Brief with George Devendorf, Mercy Corps
Thesis Concept Brief with Jim Bishop, Interaction
6 April 2006
Meeting with Sue Higgins
Meeting with Freddy Polk
12 April 2006
Thesis Concept Discussion with Josh O'Sulivan – NPS Student
27 April 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Miguel Tirado – CSUMB (California State University
Monterey Bay)
18 April 19, 2006
Meeting with Chris Gunderson – W2COG
16 May 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Dr Erik Jansen, NPS School of Business and Public Policy
31 May 2006
Phone Conversation with Tony Burgess
2 June 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Sue Hocevar / Nancy Roberts, NPS School of Management
10 – 14 July TDY
10 July 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Kevin Spanky Kirsch, Integrated ICT Support, OSD
OASD/NII/IIS
Thesis Concept Brief with Bailey Hand, Navy CPT Smallwood, USAF LTC
Hermsmeyer, Mike McNerny OSD, SOLIC
Thesis Concept Brief with Tom Baltazar, Civil-Military Liaison, USAID
11 July 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Dennis King (Formerly worked as part of ReliefWeb), Paul
Bartel and Lowry Taylor (Head Coordinator) State Department – Humanitarian
Information Unit
Thesis Concept Brief with USAF MAJ Tammi Peacock, Erin Masly, NDU Curriculum
Developer - National Defense University, Fort Meyer, Virginia
12 July 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with LTC James Brown (CA), USMC COL Dave Harlan - Peace
Keeping Stability Operations Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA
14 July 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Suha Ulgen and Patrick Gordon Technical Coordinator, UN
Field Information Support Unit, Advocacy and Information Management Branch, Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Thesis Concept Brief with Sebastian Naidoo, Managing Editor, ReliefWeb
Thesis Concept Brief with Tony Burgess - Co-Creator of Company Command.com
1 August 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Mr. (BG Retired) Robert Gard – Former President of the
MIIS, Monterey Institute of International Studies
17 August 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Dr. Michael Laurence – Dean, Graduate School of International
Policy Studies and Professor
20 August 2006
Meeting with Sue Higgins regarding the use of NPS Interns and Web Server
24 August 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with George Lober, NPS Defense Analysis Department
5 September 2006
Thesis Concept Brief with Matt Vaccaro and Nick Tomb, NPS Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies
13 October 2006
Meeting with CAPT (RET) Larry Seaquist (USN), member of the Highlands Group, candidate for Washington State Representative in the 26th District, and the founder and
CEO of The Strategy Group.
13 November 2006-11-16
Meeting with Sue Higgins and Ann Gallenson (via teleconference) about the initial design of crisisinfonetwork.org and preliminary concept discussions concerning layout and utilization of Drupal.
14-15 November 2006
Participation in the Sandia National Laboratories/Cebrowski Institute/Special Operations
Command Pacific sponsored Collaboration Fest Conference. Representatives from
NGOs, Military, Government and business leaders attended. Notable attendees include:
LTC Krawchuk (SOCPAC SOJ39 IO), Jeff Won (JKDOC/JWFC, USPACOM Support Element, SCHOLAR), Armando De Rossi (3P Foundation).
20 November 2006
Website design begins. Initial website stood up at: www.crisisinfonetwork.org.