eCampaigning in Plone

Thu Jan 21 13:43:23 UTC 2010

Hi Everyone,

I'm glad Madarász has kicked this off.  He and I have just had a quick IM chat and I'd like to propose an e-campaigning-focused Sprint in Oxford, UK on 25 March 2010.  On 23-24 March I am organising the annual eCampaigning Forum (http://fairsay.com/ecf) and thus there will be lots of other campaigners and technology people around anyway.

Furthermore I just talked with Duncan Booth (at Oxfam and did Kupu and other Plone work for years) and he and Henry (both of whom are based in Oxford) are tentatively interested in attending.

I can cover the cost of sprint room(s) and WiFi is included - but before finalising this, I need to know who else is interested in attending and if anyone might want to sponsor part of it (e.g. catering during day).

Madarász also rightly mentioned the Megaphone product - which Groundwire (formerly One/Northwest) developed and was partly shaped by the eCampaigning Tool (which uses Plone/Zope 2 technologies vs Plone/Zope 3). Thus any sprint topics would partly be shaped on if the eCampaigning Tool was continued, if Megaphone was focused on or if a 'package' of the two was chosen (by all participants and interested parties) as the way forward.  (= I am not attached to the eCampaigning Tool being the focus if there is a better option for providing the same or better flexibility that is used and supported by a community).

> The issue is, that there is an existing product, which serves the needs, 

> but not ready for even Plone3. It's the eCampaigning tool  <http://plone.org/products/ecampaigning-tool> , which is I 

> think one of the best documented Plone products ever

I'm glad you think it is well documented :-)  Since I don't have the technical skills to develop it (even though I commissioned and directed its development - partly using client work to develop it) my main focus was to have detailed documentation on how to use it - so I wrote the documentation with what I needed to know to do what I (and clients) wanted with it.

So - the questions is: who might be interested in attending an e-campaigning focused Sprint on 25 March in Oxford UK?

Cheers,

Duane

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From: ngo-bounces at lists.plone.org [mailto:ngo-bounces at lists.plone.org] On Behalf Of Csaba Madarász
Sent: 21 January 2010 09:42
To: ngo at lists.plone.org
Cc: martin at betahaus.net; silviot at gmail.com
Subject: eCampaigning in Plone

Hi,

I was wondering, wheter there is some enthusiasm on this list, related to helping NGO's though smaller scale eCampaigning solutions.
The issue is, that there is an existing product, which serves the needs, but not ready for even Plone3. It's the eCampaignin tool  <http://plone.org/products/ecampaigning-tool> , which is I think one of the best documented Plone prodcts ever

Since my background is somewhere around democracy, civic society technology and empowerment, I do campaign for better solutions as well under Plone (I am convinced, that Plone rocks;)

What are the essentials tools/products for NGO's democracy projects under Plone?
It is quite obvious, that Megaphone  <http://plone.org/products/megaphone> is deeply needed in many countries to get in touch with representatives, and collective.amberjack offers a rare solutions for helping less advance users to navigate and make things under the site.
Delib's Opinion Suite <http://www.opinionsuite.com/>  (where the hell it is on Plone?)  works both for local admin and ngo level.

What else do you recommend?

We have started to work on NGO and CEE regional focus on Co-activate <http://www.coactivate.org/projects/plone-easterneurope/project-home> , by opening a list  <http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/plone-easterneurope> and trying to gather some cooperation after the Budapest conference,
We welcome all of you to work together, share knowledge and find the next generation solutions.
(please, if you are developing something related, do not hesitate to let us know on co-activate or here)

cheers,

Madarász Csaba
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