Hi Everyone,

 

I'm glad Madarász has kicked this off.  He and I have just had a quick IM chat 
and I'd like to propose an e-campaigning-focused Sprint in Oxford, UK on 25 
March 2010.  On 23-24 March I am organising the annual eCampaigning Forum 
(http://fairsay.com/ecf) and thus there will be lots of other campaigners and 
technology people around anyway.

 

Furthermore I just talked with Duncan Booth (at Oxfam and did Kupu and other 
Plone work for years) and he and Henry (both of whom are based in Oxford) are 
tentatively interested in attending.

 

I can cover the cost of sprint room(s) and WiFi is included - but before 
finalising this, I need to know who else is interested in attending and if 
anyone might want to sponsor part of it (e.g. catering during day).

 

Madarász also rightly mentioned the Megaphone product - which Groundwire 
(formerly One/Northwest) developed and was partly shaped by the eCampaigning 
Tool (which uses Plone/Zope 2 technologies vs Plone/Zope 3). Thus any sprint 
topics would partly be shaped on if the eCampaigning Tool was continued, if 
Megaphone was focused on or if a 'package' of the two was chosen (by all 
participants and interested parties) as the way forward.  (= I am not attached 
to the eCampaigning Tool being the focus if there is a better option for 
providing the same or better flexibility that is used and supported by a 
community).

 

> The issue is, that there is an existing product, which serves the needs, 

> but not ready for even Plone3. It's the eCampaigning tool  
> <http://plone.org/products/ecampaigning-tool> , which is I 

> think one of the best documented Plone products ever

 

I'm glad you think it is well documented :-)  Since I don't have the technical 
skills to develop it (even though I commissioned and directed its development - 
partly using client work to develop it) my main focus was to have detailed 
documentation on how to use it - so I wrote the documentation with what I 
needed to know to do what I (and clients) wanted with it.

 

 

So - the questions is: who might be interested in attending an e-campaigning 
focused Sprint on 25 March in Oxford UK?

 

Cheers,

 

Duane

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Csaba Madarász
Sent: 21 January 2010 09:42
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: eCampaigning in Plone

 

Hi,

I was wondering, wheter there is some enthusiasm on this list, related to 
helping NGO's though smaller scale eCampaigning solutions.
The issue is, that there is an existing product, which serves the needs, but 
not ready for even Plone3. It's the eCampaignin tool  
<http://plone.org/products/ecampaigning-tool> , which is I think one of the 
best documented Plone prodcts ever

Since my background is somewhere around democracy, civic society technology and 
empowerment, I do campaign for better solutions as well under Plone (I am 
convinced, that Plone rocks;)

What are the essentials tools/products for NGO's democracy projects under Plone?
It is quite obvious, that Megaphone  <http://plone.org/products/megaphone> is 
deeply needed in many countries to get in touch with representatives, and 
collective.amberjack offers a rare solutions for helping less advance users to 
navigate and make things under the site.
Delib's Opinion Suite <http://www.opinionsuite.com/>  (where the hell it is on 
Plone?)  works both for local admin and ngo level.

What else do you recommend?

We have started to work on NGO and CEE regional focus on Co-activate 
<http://www.coactivate.org/projects/plone-easterneurope/project-home> , by 
opening a list  <http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/plone-easterneurope> 
and trying to gather some cooperation after the Budapest conference,
We welcome all of you to work together, share knowledge and find the next 
generation solutions.
(please, if you are developing something related, do not hesitate to let us 
know on co-activate or here)

cheers,


Madarász Csaba
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