Plonefolk, Some of you will know the EDUCAUSE organization that covers the higher education technology space. I lurk on one of their lists, for 'Web Administrators.' Someone is hosting a 'Drupal Bootcamp' and asked others on the list if they had any experience managing such an event.
While no one said much about how to host the event, there were several quick replies about organizing a Drupal sub-community (including someone from my local, deep-pocketed alma mater and ex-employer; who also has an active Plone community--TriPZUG--which I participate in as I can). The exchange seemed like a missed opportunity or something and made me wonder if there more plans anything similar for Plone. I recall a 'Plone4Ed' group, but it seems they never got past deciding on a name. Please correct me if I'm wrong on that. I work in higher ed and am actively trying to use Plone--love to know about others doing the same. I have learned much from Penn State's WebLion stuff (many thanks for FSD!), but I'm thinking I'm need something more entry level. I'm just learning to drive and their discussion is so much about repairing the Lexus.... : ) Any thoughts welcome. TC Tom Clark, MLS Director, Wiggins Library Shaw University Divinity School 919-716-5518 tomcl...@shawu.edu -----Original Message----- From: evangelism-boun...@lists.plone.org [mailto:evangelism-boun...@lists.plone.org] On Behalf Of evangelism-requ...@lists.plone.org Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:55 AM To: evangelism@lists.plone.org Subject: Evangelism Digest, Vol 30, Issue 1 Send Evangelism mailing list submissions to evangelism@lists.plone.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to evangelism-requ...@lists.plone.org You can reach the person managing the list at evangelism-ow...@lists.plone.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Evangelism digest..." Today's Topics: 1. [DW] Query - Are any government-focused open source consortiums still operational? (Csaba Madar?sz) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:14:29 +0100 From: Csaba Madar?sz <madarasz.cs...@gmail.com> Subject: [Evangelism] [DW] Query - Are any government-focused open source consortiums still operational? To: evangelism@lists.plone.org Message-ID: <c1fa695a1001060514n47d74dbai5def260083d1a...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi There, I am Csaba, working with Balazs in Hungary, and have run into this question at dowire.org. I think, we can add plonegov, but do you have other thing in your mind to share? Let me know pls.. Cheers Madarász Csaba tel.:+36703643482 Google Talk: madarasz.csaba Skype: bpanther360 Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mcsaba> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/csabam> Youtube <http://www.youtube.com/kiazami> Twitter<http://www.tiwitter.com/kiazami> del.icio.us <http://delicious.com/kiazami> Blog RSS<http://nyilt.org/main/rss.xml> NyÃlt.org FSFE: EC caves in to proprietary lobbyists on interoperability<http://nyilt.org/szabvany/FSFE_EC_caves_in_to_proprietary_lobbyists_on_interoperability> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steven Clift <cl...@e-democracy.org> Date: 2010/1/6 Subject: [DW] Query - Are any government-focused open source consortiums still operational? To: newswire <newsw...@groups.dowire.org> I am noticing an uptick in interest again in promoting open source for use in government technology. This time more on economic reality grounds than philosophical. Are any government-oriented consortiums operational anywhere in the world? This could be either government directly, universities working with government, or technology vendors who serve government. Also, is there a short list government technology vendors who use open source tools actively? And finally is there a government website host that provides cookie cutter websites built on an open source platform? (The kind a small town might use for example.) 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