[NGO] Plone for Indian NGO's

[Takahiro Noguchi]

Hi all,

Just wanted to briefly introduce myself to the list and ask a few
questions. I'm working as a Program Coordinator for a family foundation
based in Delhi. Currently, I'm overseeing development of our Web sites,
and am keen to adopt Plone to develop and  manage two sites, plus our
intranet. 

I'm a Plone/Zope newbie, but am familiar with XHTML, CSS and a
smattering of PHP. But I was hooked on Plone primarily through friends
at Khoj < http://www.khojworkshop.org/ <http://www.khojworkshop.org/> >,
a groundbreaking art non-profit working in the region. 


There are issues for NGO's in India that I'd like inputs on from the
more knowledgeable people on this list:


*lack of Plone and Zope hosting in India--it seems that there are no Web
hosting companies in India that specialize in Plone/Zope. I've also been
told from several knowledgeable sources that there are performance
issues with India based hosting. 

*Contracting foreign companies--as a newly registered trust, we can't
contract a business outside of India for 3 years. So a European based
host like Nidelvin is definitely out. Does anyone have experiences with
an India based company specializing in Plone/Zope development and
hosting, but has accounts on servers abroad?  

While Mahiti <www.mahiti.org> comes to mind, I hope for more leads,
since we would like to compare quotes from at least 3 different vendors.
Has anyone on this list worked with Mahiti in the past? 


Also a question about custom applications:

*Is anyone working on a simple expense reporting and tracking
application? For example, a way to submit for review and approval,
travel expenses, with e-mail notification and capture of the information
in a database. This would definitely help our organization! 


Thank You,

Tak



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Takahiro Noguchi
Program Coordinator
The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation
www.khemkafoundation.org <http://www.khemkafoundation.org/> 
IBC 38/1, M-Block
Connaught Circus, New Delhi, 110001 
Tel: 91 11 42008224 
Mob: 91 9871981697
 
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