Thanks to all who joined today's first bi-weekly user meetup.
Notes have been linked to and uploaded here:
http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/RES/11.09.2011+User+Meetup
Our next user meetup will be at the same time on November 23.
We would like to know what feature/process you'd like a tutorial on?
Currently we are planning to do a how-to on requesting features for Mifos.
We also need a MFI that would like to present for the User Show and Tell
portion of the meeting - please respond directly to me if interested.
Any suggestions on how to improve the meeting format/content are gladly
welcomed.
Cheers,
Ed
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a reminder that our first bi-weekly user meetup will be taking place
> in just under an hour and a half. Details on calling in below.
> On Nov 6, 2011 12:24 PM, "Ed Cable" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I've invited many of your personally to this meeting but want to send a
>> public invitation to the entire mailing list with an overview of what we're
>> expecting to cover. Please respond to this thread with your feedback on
>> what you would like to get from these meetings and how we can make them
>> better.
>>
>> The first meeting will be held on *Wednesday November 9 at 830am
>> PST/430pm GMT*. Details on the meeting and joining the call can be
>> found at: http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/RES/User+Meetups
>>
>> The goals of the meeting are to address several challenges in the
>> community:
>>
>> 1) Helping users overcome challenges implementing and using Mifos by
>> sharing their experiences with fellow users.
>> 2) Helping community developers understand user needs and product
>> requirements by establishing a more direct connection with users.
>> 3) Help users understand the Mifos product and community better by
>> showcasing features, conducting tutorials and demos
>>
>> We'll do this by providing a regular time in which users can interact
>> with fellow implementers and have a more active conversation than the
>> mailing list can provide. Users can discuss challenges they've faced
>> implementing Mifos - this could range from a configuration question to a
>> project management question on up to dealing with change management.
>>
>> Essentially it's an open time to get help with anything regarding
>> implementing and using Mifos. Think of it as your chance to learn Mifos and
>> our chance to learn about you. On each call we'll have an experienced Mifos
>> implementer available to answer questions.
>> For our initial meeting, we're proposing the following
>> agenda<http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/RES/11.09.2011+User+Meetup>.
>> We need some help finalizing it.
>>
>> Session Description Presenter Time Introduction Discussion on what's
>> the goal of these meetings and getting feedback on what you, the users want
>> to achieve.
>> We will also have an introduction of everyone on the call so the
>> community can more personally connected. Ed
>> Cable<http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/~testusercable> 10
>> minutes Demo/Tutorial Each meeting, we'll do a demo of a feature or a
>> tutorial of how to do a certain task within Mifos or how to use a tool or
>> resource in the online community infrastructure.
>>
>> For our first meeting, we would like to show off some of the features in
>> the most recent releases - Question Groups, some reports in Mifos BI.
>>
>> Ed Cable <http://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/display/~testusercable>
>> 10 minutes User Show and Tell On a regular basis we want to have the
>> opportunity for MFIs throughout the community to present their story or
>> case study on how they're using Mifos. The format/extent of the
>> presentation can very but we'd like for others to learn from the deployment
>> experiences of others as well as day to day usage of Mifos For the first
>> meeting we will just introduce the concept. In advance of each meeting
>> we'll select an MFI to present. Ed/MFIs 5 minutes Open Office Hours This
>> is the heart of the meeting - the time for users to ask any questions and
>> connect with expert implementers and fellow users to discuss deploying
>> Mifos, using Mifos, adopting technology, project management - any question
>> you have. Open 10 - 20
>> minutes Product Feedback Each meeting, we want users to voice their
>> pains/challenges with Mifos and how we can make the product better. Any
>> bugs you've found, feature requests you've had, ideas to make the product
>> better should be shared at this time.
>>
>> This is the chance for our developers to directly hear from the mouth of
>> the users how they use the product and what they need to use it more
>> effectively. Open 10 - 20 minutes New Agenda Topic What do you want to
>> discuss? - Add it here!
>>
>> Initially we're going to host these every other week. We realize the
>> time may be inconvenient for some timezones and will make all efforts to
>> actively document these meetings with thorough notes posted and video/audio
>> recordings when appropriate.
>>
>> We want these meetings to be a big success so that the community can come
>> closer together, users can get the help they need and our developer
>> community can get in better touch with the users of the Mifos software.
>> The more who attend and the more who participate, the more valuable these
>> meetings will become.
>>
>> Ed
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