Plone Conference 2008: Call for Session Proposals

Hi Ploneistas,

(Apologies for the cross-posting, but this is of general interest).

The Call for Session Proposals for the 2008 Plone conference in
Washington, DC, is up! You can see the details here:

http://plone.org/events/conferences/2008-washington-dc/call-for-session-proposals/call-for-proposals

Or, if you're too excited to even look at the details, you can submit
your proposal here:

http://tinyurl.com/48q3hu.

All proposals should be submitted by Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:00am
EDT. Selected proposals will be announced Monday, August 4th, 2008. We
look forward to your participation!

Best,
The Plone Conference 2008 Planning Team

Plone Conference 2008 Planning Survey Reminder

Hi all,

(Please forgive the cross posting...)

This is just a friendly reminder to those of you who have not yet
responded to the Plone Conference 2008 survey, please take a moment to
fill out the survey. Those of you who have taken the time to answer,
thank you very much; this community is consistently insightful and
constructive, and it's been a pleasure to review the answers we've
received so far.

Even if you have no intention of coming to the conference, *please
take a moment to respond* -- any input is helpful to us.

The survey is here: http://tinyurl.com/4hxr8o

The deadline for submission is 11:59 EDT Wednesday April 30 2008.

Thanks!
The ZPUGDC Conference Planning Team

ANN: contribute to Plone4ArtistsCalendar 1.1 development efforts

Thanks to the following contributors, we have raised $600 in funding
towards the development of Plone4ArtistsCalendar 1.1 which brings
enhanced event calendars to Plone 3.0. Thank you!!!
http://micropledge.com/projects/plone4artistscalendar

- Alexander Pilz, Syslab ($500)
- Sisi Nutt ($50)
- Graham Perrin ($25)
- jchamm ($25)

But we're not done yet. Our goal is to raise $2,000 which will make it
possible to finance the development efforts of finalizing the 1.1
release of Plone4ArtistsCalendar. Will you help us raise the remaining
$1,400?

Please show your support and pledge a financial contribution. Any
amount helps!

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PLEDGE here --> http://micropledge.com/projects/plone4artistscalendar

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You are invited to visit the Plone4Artists website where you can read 
more about Plone4ArtistsCalendar and download the 1.1b1 beta version of 
the software which works on Plone 3.0. 
http://plone4artists.org/products/plone4artistscalendar

If you try out the software, please report any bugs/issues that you 

ArcWeb Explorer

Has anyone tried to use ArcWeb Explorer (a Flash/Flex based product
from ESRI to provide GIS view/edit from web pages) on a Plone site?
I'd like to hear your experiences.

Thanks,

Sally

Enviro Track at Boston Sprint July 18-22

Hello,

At the upcoming Boston sprint, we are putting together an  
environmental track.

So far we've identified three potential focus areas.

1) RESTful web services for AT content types and vocabularies

We have many use cases that involved the sharing/integrating content  
and vocabularies between systems.  We think that REST is an  
appropriate technology for such goals.  Our work will likely take the  
form of:

     Service providers that adapt AT content objects to be exposed  
via REST
     Tools to consume RESTful content/vocabularies into our systems.

2) Map gallery

This Product will facilitate organizing a collection of maps with  
associated metadata and preview images. It would include search/ 
browse tools, and a way for people to request new maps be created.   
The Nature Conservancy has an app that they use internally that may  
be used as a reference design or componentized into a new tool.

3) plone4artists - image content-type

The forthcoming plone4artists image content type will feature  
extraction of embedded metadata.  We are particularly interested in  

question on plone system

This may seem a stupid question, but what is the product/item type  
that the for... sections on plone.org such as the environment groups  
area?  I cant seem to find this out.

Is this workspace or something else?

David - is your PCDL built of the same system, or something else?

Just looking to see what other products may help for our site.

Tom

Re: RE: A Round of Introductions?

Re: Plone consultants?

(i think robert meant to send to the list originally)

On 2/23/07, robert worcester <worcestr@...> wrote:
>
> I am not sure why "local" is necessary in DC.  We have had excellent service
> from OneNW is Seattle even though we are in Vancouver Canada. I thought we
> were now just one global community.
>

This is a very good point.  I've addressed the "local" point in many
proposals, and I know people who have lost bids to poorer solutions
because of local expertise.  That is, if you're a design firm in a
city where there is no Plone Consultant, and you want to stand behind
Plone as your preferred solution, you're likely to lose work.

A shame, when in fact design / usability experts tend to be far better
at handling customer meetings and requirements processes than your
average software engineer.

--

-- 
Justin Alan Ryan
Director, Interaction Architecture
Auxilium Group, inc.: Gnudyne(tm), Qutang Networks(tm)
http://www.gnudyne.com/ | +1-415-738-7513

"You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You
lead by going to that place and making a case." -Ken Kesey

Re: Plone consultants?

On 2/23/07, Francesca Dalleo <fdalleo@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I just wanted to introduce myself and ask a question. I'm Francesca Dalleo
> and am Communications Specialist at the Land Trust Alliance, a land
> conservation nonprofit headquartered in DC. I produce our monthly
> enewsletter, make web updates, manage our photo database, etc. We are in
> between webmasters at the moment, so I am also acting as the backup
> webmaster. We are getting ready to redesign our website, and are very
> seriously considering implementing Plone as a CMS.
>
>
>
> My question is, where can we find some Plone contractors in the area? We'd
> prefer to work with someone in the greater DC metro region if possible.
> Ideally we're also interested in finding someone who can work with our
> designer, help with the information architecture of the site, migrate the
> site over to Plone, and help with training. I found this list of Open Source
> Solution Provider Index, but am wondering where else I can find other
> consultants? Any ideas? I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone who
> has gone through this process already.
>

Mailing lists like this and plone-users, as well as the chat room and
conferences / sprints are good places to meet people who might be
willing, able, and available to help with Plone projects.

It is worth considering that most Plone consultants are booked up for
months into the future.  We aren't entirely, but we could be this year
in the flicker of an eye.  If you have any programming experience, it
may do you well to buy some books and/or seek training.

Another option is to look for help on lists, find someone eager to
help who doesn't have work, and give them a wad of cash to be your
expert.  Send them to a Plone conference they couldn't otherwise
afford.  It'll pay off.

--

-- 
Justin Alan Ryan
Director, Interaction Architecture
Auxilium Group, inc.: Gnudyne(tm), Qutang Networks(tm)
http://www.gnudyne.com/ | +1-415-738-7513

"You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You
lead by going to that place and making a case." -Ken Kesey

EPA announces Energy Star guidelines to be developed for Enterprise Servers

FYI...

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This message is being sent to you on behalf of EPA and DOE's ENERGY
STAR(r) program.

Attached, please find an announcement letter regarding EPA's intent to
develop an ENERGY STAR Specification for Enterprise Computer Servers.
In
the coming months, EPA will consider the viability of developing this
specification through an investigation of the market and potential
energy savings. For further details on this effort, please take a
moment
to visit the ENERGY STAR Server and Datacenter Initiatives Web site at

www.energystar.gov/datacenters. 

To be added to the ENERGY STAR server and datacenter distribution list
please contact Rebecca Duff, ICF International, at rduff@...
Please contact Andrew Fanara, EPA, at Fanara.andrew@... with
further
questions.  

Thank you.

environmentally conscious computing

Howdy all..

This is just a *tad* off-topic, but I think people on this list will
be interested in the idea.  cmcarlson pointed me in #plone today to an
initiative at EnergyStar promoting increased power efficiency in
enterprise servers.  I noted, from my experience working for a large
hosting provider, that this is indeed quite a problem.  Even with a
former NASA safety engineer - the person who said *not* to launch
Challenger - planning our HVAC and power, and being quite optimistic
at that, a $10M datacenter built in the 90s and purchased for reuse
around the turn of the century has trouble actually filling out to
even 1/3 or 1/2 of its' planned capacity due to advances in moore's
law and more compact chassis.

So, this is a pretty big problem, and these days when I encounter a
problem of this magnitude, two threads launch in my brain:

  * Is this related to a policy initiative that USACM may be
interested or involved in?
  * Is this perhaps related to the goals of an existing ACM SIG or
perhaps ground for a new one

This is a case where USACM may not need to waste its' time, but I
wonder about the viability of a Special Interest Group dedicated to
the generation and dissemination of information on environmentally
conscious computing, and perhaps even how it affects the bottom line
for the litter-unconscious consumer.

Are any of you folks interested in such an initiative?  If so, follow
up with me and I will talk to people at ACM when I am in NYC this
month.

What is a SIG?

  http://acm.org/sigs/

  (or http://plonebeta.acm.org/special-interest-groups)

Cheers!

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-- 
Justizin, Independent Interactivity Architect
ACM SIGGRAPH SysMgr, Reporter
http://www.siggraph.org/