Module development and code questions

I am working on a Volunteer Management System for our VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Our facility will be hosting the 2005 National Veterans Golden Age Games (http://www1.va.gov/vetevent/gag/2004/default.cfm), and we need to coordinate our volunteers and the support needs of this event.

In addition, we would like to manage our volunteers on an ongoing basis using this system. Our current system is mostly paper-based, with volunteer hours tracked in a database.

We need to be able to:

• Enroll Volunteers Online

• Manage Volunteer Personal Data

• Record Completion of Required Training (the VA requires some Privacy and other training before we allow Volunteers to provide service. This can be as simple as a checked box, only changeable by admins)

• Match Volunteers to Support Events (based on area of interest, training, or experience)

• A Calendar of Events (I envision this as a dynamic “box” on the front page of the web site, and also as Advertise Events and have Volunteers Assign Themselves. In addition, as a volunteer signs up for event “slots” the available number should decrease)

• Volunteers Can Enter Their Own Time

• Provide staffing Reports (Who will be where, and when)

• Provide Volunteer Hour Reports (Cumulative hours)

• Email Announcements/Reminders to Individuals or Groups

• Possibly a Photo Gallery and Forum

I am working on an idea for a site. I have the domain, and a basic drupal setup. I am looking for someone to join me in creating and running this site. I would like that person to be good at custom module development so I am asking here.

I run a few colocated boxes, so I have all the hosting we would need and I will catch on quick (I am a programmer, just not an experienced php developer, and brand new to drupal.)

I want non-authenticated users to be able to browse galleries, but for some reason i always get "Access Denied" regardless of what i tell it :s

Am i dumb or is it broken?

For an example: http://www.lineageone.com
and select "Screenshots"

The idea is that the user-base can submit their favourite screenshots to the gallery for all to see... Currently it only lets authenticated users see them.

Any thoughts?

I have searched the site for a "Volunteer Module," and though I see it mentioned several times, I cannot find it. Is this a mod that is active, and where can I get it?

Thanks!

I'm working on some homegrown hacks to the wiki.module, and I'm wondering if anyone can help me on a problem I'm running into. I've added a custom settings field to the module that determines what node type "create new wiki page" links will go to. The module defaults to 'story,' and it's easy enough to modify, but it seems like a hassle when making it a user-configurable settings works fine.

It's working on my local site, but how should I go about putting it into the hands of the rest of drupal-land?

I'm surprised that their is no "tell-a-friend" module in drupal. Has anyone worked on something like this? I'd like to see a gmail style invitation system for sites with closed registrations, where users can be given invitations to hand out to friends. Of course, that is a much more involved module, but I'm surprised to see no "tell-a-friend" at least.

I tried to create a hackish version, but was unable to get it to send more than one email unless all emails were set in the "to" field which meant all users could see the other email addresses.