@Helen The ambassadors are already asked to join the planet but only a few do
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Tony Su <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday I also took my first spin through Connect and my initial > impression is that it only can provide a partial solution, sort of > like a clone of Linkedin, not quite but possibly can be used like > Meetup. > > As others have noted, Connect isn't a single centralized, authorized > "portal" type tool to do "everything" like what we need. > > Until I can fully investigate currently available tools and options, > I'd recommend for now simply using Google Docs and Sites as a > temporary solution with Bryen's and Jos' approval. A private Docs and > Website can be created (I'll do it if needed), which would then be > accessible by any participant who has a Google Account (eg Gmail). > There is a 100mb storage limit when this is setup on a free Google > account. > > I wouldn't consider Google Apps as a complete Customer Relations > Management type app (Hey, I wonder if SugarCRM would be an ideal > solution), but I think that it could be a short term solution that > everyone can work easily without a steep learning curve. > > Informal poll -- If people can note whether they have any previous > experience with SugarCRM, pls message me privately if not to the List. > > Tony > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Helen South <[email protected]> wrote: >>> yes, probably, but for now connect is not user friendly (I just come >>> from it), don't compare to facebook, for example (I know...). >>> >>> by the way, making report have little interest. I don't know for the >>> others, but I do bimonthly meetings in my LUG and promote openSUSE >>> nearly each time, spreading dvd's. I wont report each. >> >>> jdd >> >> I've been trying to use Connect a little, but not much seems to be >> happening there. I think it's a great idea but not quite working yet. >> Though I was thinking of starting an Australian group there was a way >> to connect with Aussie Ambassador and users. >> >> What about just using a blog/planet for Ambassador reports? People >> just blog in their own language, english if they can, so local people >> can read the report or we can use Google translate those who have no >> English. Some sort of aggregate feed would make it easy for News team >> to pull the most interesting reports for a monthly roundup of >> Ambassador activity for those who haven't already reported major >> events. >> >> I noticed Michael Meeks has a blog where he comments just in a simple >> line about what he has been doing work-wise, and I think that sort of >> simple activity report can be quite good - interesting to see what >> people are doing, without expecting an essay. >> >> (I agree JDD, filling out a form, writing a report is time consuming >> and boring!) >> >> cheers >> >> Helen >> >> -- >> IRC: helen_au >> [email protected] >> helensouth.com >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
