Just a reminder that our first bi-weekly user meetup will be taking place
in just under an hour and a half. Details on calling in below.
On Nov 6, 2011 12:24 PM, "Ed Cable" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've invited many of your personally to this meeting but want to send a
> public invitation to the entire mailing list with an overview of what we're
> expecting to cover. Please respond to this thread with your feedback on
> what you would like to get from these meetings and how we can make them
> better.
>
> The first meeting will be held on *Wednesday November 9 at 830am
> PST/430pm GMT*. Details on the meeting and joining the call can be found
> at: http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/RES/User+Meetups
>
> The goals of the meeting are to address several challenges in the
> community:
>
> 1) Helping users overcome challenges implementing and using Mifos by
> sharing their experiences with fellow users.
> 2) Helping community developers understand user needs and product
> requirements by establishing a more direct connection with users.
> 3) Help users understand the Mifos product and community better by
> showcasing features, conducting tutorials and demos
>
> We'll do this by providing a regular time in which users can interact with
> fellow implementers and have a more active conversation than the mailing
> list can provide. Users can discuss challenges they've faced implementing
> Mifos - this could range from a configuration question to a project
> management question on up to dealing with change management.
>
> Essentially it's an open time to get help with anything regarding
> implementing and using Mifos. Think of it as your chance to learn Mifos and
> our chance to learn about you. On each call we'll have an experienced Mifos
> implementer available to answer questions.
> For our initial meeting, we're proposing the following
> agenda<http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/RES/11.09.2011+User+Meetup>.
> We need some help finalizing it.
>
> Session Description Presenter Time Introduction Discussion on what's the
> goal of these meetings and getting feedback on what you, the users want to
> achieve.
> We will also have an introduction of everyone on the call so the community
> can more personally connected. Ed
> Cable<http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/~testusercable> 10
> minutes Demo/Tutorial Each meeting, we'll do a demo of a feature or a
> tutorial of how to do a certain task within Mifos or how to use a tool or
> resource in the online community infrastructure.
>
> For our first meeting, we would like to show off some of the features in
> the most recent releases - Question Groups, some reports in Mifos BI.
>
> Ed Cable <http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/~testusercable>
> 10 minutes User Show and Tell On a regular basis we want to have the
> opportunity for MFIs throughout the community to present their story or
> case study on how they're using Mifos. The format/extent of the
> presentation can very but we'd like for others to learn from the deployment
> experiences of others as well as day to day usage of Mifos For the first
> meeting we will just introduce the concept. In advance of each meeting
> we'll select an MFI to present. Ed/MFIs 5 minutes Open Office Hours This
> is the heart of the meeting - the time for users to ask any questions and
> connect with expert implementers and fellow users to discuss deploying
> Mifos, using Mifos, adopting technology, project management - any question
> you have. Open 10 - 20
> minutes Product Feedback Each meeting, we want users to voice their
> pains/challenges with Mifos and how we can make the product better. Any
> bugs you've found, feature requests you've had, ideas to make the product
> better should be shared at this time.
>
> This is the chance for our developers to directly hear from the mouth of
> the users how they use the product and what they need to use it more
> effectively. Open 10 - 20 minutes New Agenda Topic What do you want to
> discuss? - Add it here!
>
> Initially we're going to host these every other week. We realize the time
> may be inconvenient for some timezones and will make all efforts to
> actively document these meetings with thorough notes posted and video/audio
> recordings when appropriate.
>
> We want these meetings to be a big success so that the community can come
> closer together, users can get the help they need and our developer
> community can get in better touch with the users of the Mifos software.
> The more who attend and the more who participate, the more valuable these
> meetings will become.
>
> Ed
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