All for Good LogoOn Friday, All for Good launched. Here's how Arianna Huffington describes it:

This summer, the White House is planning to issue a national call to service. But already a group of individuals from the worlds of tech, marketing, academia, and public service, inspired by President Obama's vow to make service a "a central cause" of his presidency, have banded together to create a new website that aims to become a craigslist for service. It's called All For Good.

A craigslist for service? Really? Because I thought we already had at least one of those. 

I have to admit I'm flummoxed. I'm confused about how and why All for Good came about, and I'm confused about my own feelings surrounding it. I don't have time for eloquence here, but let me put my issues -- pro and con -- on the table.  Then what I really want to know is what you think.

In no particular order:

• Yay! The White House really does want to make service a topic of conversation! Although All for Good is NOT a project of the administration, they are closely tied together, and All for Good will be officially unveiled at the National Conference for Volunteering and Service this month. 
• Huh? Who's behind this? Turns out, a lot of people. But how did they get together? I was so excited to see the administration launch Recovery.gov. I thought it was a sign that this administration not only understood the importance of transparency, but was willing to lead on it. The All for Good effort doesn't seem to live up to that standard.
• Open! I love that it's open source, open API, and all kinds of other open.  That's great. Commendable even.
• On the flip side, there are a lot of volunteer sites out there already. Maybe they aren't AS open as All for Good, but wouldn't working with the existing sites to make them more open have been more productive?  
• I love the fact that it went from idea to done in a very short time. I'm all about the entrepreneurial spirit: avoid committees like the plague and just get things done.  
• But I'm also sad that the effort didn't connect with the sector at large. We have so many great examples of the wisdom of our crowd being harnessed to make great change. I can't quite believe they couldn't even put out a survey to get a feel for what our challenges are when it comes to advertising volunteer opportunities and recruiting quality volunteers. 

As this Chronicle of Philanthropy article makes clear, these are good people with good intent, but I wonder if they failed in the execution here. What do you think?