[NGO] Request for Discussion: Mailing List Tools

[Steve McMahon]

Sounds like this would make a great "Birds of a feather" session for 
Seattle; that could naturally lead to a longer evening discussion. Count 
me in.

Steve McMahon

Hugh T. Ranalli wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> My name is Hugh Ranalli and I am the technology director for Digital
> Opportunity Trust, an NGO focused on technology training and capacity
> building in countries around the world.
> 
> We're just rolling out our first version of Plone, and I am very excited
> about what we can do with it. As others have commented, the Plone community
> needs a solid discussion forum / mailing list product. To my mind, this is
> one of the most critical tools to get regular people to interact on 
> collaborative systems such as Plone.
> 
> I know that listen is being developed, and the Zope-based GroupServer looks
> very interesting, although they don't yet have any sort of API for
> integration. I realise I'm just a fledgling member of the Plone community,
> but to my mind it makes sense to support and develop one tool. 
> 
> I don't have large budgets, but what I do have is access to a program at the 
> University of Toronto's computer science department, where students work
> (approx. 120 hours in total) on a project for a non-profit. The students in
> this program learn Python, and so they would be naturals for Plone
> development. I come from a development background, so I would also be
> willing to work closely with them.
> 
> I am going to be at the Plone conference in Seattle, and would love to sit
> down with anyone else who is interested to discuss how we can collaborate
> on something the entire community will benefit from (and which is the best
> direction to go in). I have a couple of other projects I would like to see
> developed, but this one is foremost on my priority list.
> 
> Any takers? Perhaps we can get together one evening.
> 
> Thanks,
> Hugh