Yesterday I also took my first spin through Connect and my initial impression is that it only can provide a partial solution, sort of like a clone of Linkedin, not quite but possibly can be used like Meetup.
As others have noted, Connect isn't a single centralized, authorized "portal" type tool to do "everything" like what we need. Until I can fully investigate currently available tools and options, I'd recommend for now simply using Google Docs and Sites as a temporary solution with Bryen's and Jos' approval. A private Docs and Website can be created (I'll do it if needed), which would then be accessible by any participant who has a Google Account (eg Gmail). There is a 100mb storage limit when this is setup on a free Google account. I wouldn't consider Google Apps as a complete Customer Relations Management type app (Hey, I wonder if SugarCRM would be an ideal solution), but I think that it could be a short term solution that everyone can work easily without a steep learning curve. Informal poll -- If people can note whether they have any previous experience with SugarCRM, pls message me privately if not to the List. Tony On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Helen South <helen.so...@opensuse.org> wrote: >> yes, probably, but for now connect is not user friendly (I just come >> from it), don't compare to facebook, for example (I know...). >> >> by the way, making report have little interest. I don't know for the >> others, but I do bimonthly meetings in my LUG and promote openSUSE >> nearly each time, spreading dvd's. I wont report each. > >> jdd > > I've been trying to use Connect a little, but not much seems to be > happening there. I think it's a great idea but not quite working yet. > Though I was thinking of starting an Australian group there was a way > to connect with Aussie Ambassador and users. > > What about just using a blog/planet for Ambassador reports? People > just blog in their own language, english if they can, so local people > can read the report or we can use Google translate those who have no > English. Some sort of aggregate feed would make it easy for News team > to pull the most interesting reports for a monthly roundup of > Ambassador activity for those who haven't already reported major > events. > > I noticed Michael Meeks has a blog where he comments just in a simple > line about what he has been doing work-wise, and I think that sort of > simple activity report can be quite good - interesting to see what > people are doing, without expecting an essay. > > (I agree JDD, filling out a form, writing a report is time consuming > and boring!) > > cheers > > Helen > > -- > IRC: helen_au > helen.so...@opensuse.org > helensouth.com > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org
