Hi Zahid, Excellent. Thanks for that
Now the next questions for the group (if you plan to attend or not) is if we: a) should have a 1-day or a 2-day sprint b) should have it during the week (25-26 March) or weekend. My preference is during the work week. In terms of getting things done, 2 days would be better obviously and it would make it more attractive for people attending from further away. A weekday is more likely to attract people working full-time in this area anyway (me, Duncan, Madarász, Zahid) and/or there for the eCampaigning Forum event. I thus tentatively propose 25-26 March (Thurs-Friday) but I am open to alternatives if a strong case is made. Cheers, Duane =========================================================== Duane Raymond FairSay - Making Campaigning Count +44 (0)207 993 4200 IM: fairsay (Skype, Yahoo!, Google, MSN, Twitter) Blog: http://fairsay.com/blog/ Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/fairsay Web: http://fairsay.com/ FairSay is a ltd. company registered in England and Wales. Reg. No. 5244802 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zahid Malik Sent: 21 January 2010 16:29 To: A list for NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) using Plone. Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: eCampaigning in Plone Hi Duane, We would be happy to sponsor catering etc. Just get in touch. Zahid -- Dr Zahid Malik FRY-IT Limited 503 Enterprise House 1/2 Hatfields London SE1 9PG Tel: 0207 0968800 Fax: 0709 200 0450 Web: http://www.fry-it.com 2010/1/21 Duane Raymond, FairSay <[email protected]>: > 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 , 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 > > =========================================================== > Duane Raymond > FairSay - Making Campaigning Count > +44 (0)207 993 4200 > IM: fairsay (Skype, Yahoo!, Google, MSN, Twitter) > Blog: http://fairsay.com/blog/ > Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/fairsay > Web: http://fairsay.com/ > > FairSay is a ltd. company registered in England and Wales. Reg. No. 5244802 > > > > 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 , 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 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 (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, by > opening a list 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 > tel.:+36703643482 > > > Google Talk: madarasz.csaba Skype: bpanther360 > > LinkedinFacebookBlog RSSTwitterdel.icio.usBlog RSSBlog RSS > > Nyílt.org FSFE: EC caves in to proprietary lobbyists on interoperability > > > > _______________________________________________ > NGO mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/ngo > > _______________________________________________ NGO mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/ngo _______________________________________________ NGO mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/ngo
