[NGO] Re: Request for Discussion: Mailing List Tools

[Steve McMahon]

Jon Stahl <jon -at- onenw -dot- org>, who is a subscriber and 
contributor to this list, is also a key organizer for the conference. 
Bet he'll know how to get it done.

Hugh T. Ranalli wrote:
> Any idea how one sets up a "Birds of a feather" session? (I told you I'm new
> to this). ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Hugh
> 
> Steve McMahon wrote:
> 
>> 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
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