[NGO] Introducing myself

[Jon Stahl]

Welcome, Hugh!

Did you produce any written evaluations of Plone (and other tools) that
might be shareable with us (and the world?)   There's not enough good
real-world examples of product selection out there, any contributions to
"the literature" would be extremely valuable. 

And you are of course planning on coming to Plone Conference 2006,
right. ;-)
 http://plone.org/events/conferences/seattle-2006

I can personally guarantee great NGO-focused learning experiences. 


best,
jon
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Jon Stahl, Program Manager
ONE/Northwest - Online Networking for the Environment
jon at onenw.org  http://www.onenw.org
206.286.1235x15  skype: jonstahl  y!: jondstahl
 
Want a piece of my mind? Check out my blog at:
http://blogs.onenw.org/jon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ngo-bounces at lists.plone.org 
> [mailto:ngo-bounces at lists.plone.org] On Behalf Of Hugh T. Ranalli
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:38 AM
> To: ngo at lists.plone.org
> Subject: [NGO] Introducing myself
> 
> My name is Hugh Ranalli and I am the recently hired Director 
> of Technology for Digital Opportunity Trust 
> (www.dotrust.org), a Canadian-based NGO that focuses on 
> capacity building for ICT in developing countries. We just 
> finished reviewing CMS products and chose Plone to be the 
> basis for our KM and collaboration system for two projects 
> this fall, and, if all goes well, for the organisation as a 
> whole going forwards. 
> 
> I'll admit that the choice of Plone was a little difficult, 
> simply because I was I very conscious of not over-engineering 
> the solution or implementing a more complex infrastructure 
> than we needed. However, at the end of the day, it was 
> obvious that Plone offered the tools to enable us to do what 
> we wanted now and in the future.
>  
> DOT is very focused on using and promoting open-source tools, 
> and, although we have a limited budget and resources (not a 
> new story to anyone here, I
> know) we are committed to doing whatever we can to sponsor 
> open source development, and contribute what we develop back 
> to the community. I'm particularly interested in projects 
> such as listen, as I truly believe that tight mail 
> integration is the best way to entice "ordinary" people to 
> particpate in discussion forums. 
> 
> I'm very interested in following and participating in this 
> and the other Plone lists. I have a lot to learn, and the 
> various postings by many people and groups, such as Jon Stahl 
> and Ploneability, were invaluable in helping us make a quick 
> assessment and decision. 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Hugh Ranalli
> 
> 
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