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Plone Cono Sur
Creating a Plone user group
from scratch
Roberto Allende
rallende@menttes.com

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Community as an
innovation machine
Roberto Allende
rallende@menttes.com

when i met Plone...

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http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/homebrew_and_how_the_apple.php

what ?

GrULiC demoday 2003

GrULiC installfest 2007

GrULiC demoday 2003

16th GrULiC - Installfest

16th GrULiC - Installfest

7JRSL 2007

7JRSL 2007

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why ?

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... so here [plone community] we
see the importance of personally
knowing each
other. This I believe is the main
success factor of Plone:
people drink beer together!
Bernard
4teamwork
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Every time a new person, group,
business, or organization experiences
GNU/Linux's inherent value, the
movement grows. LUGs help that
happen.
Rick Moen
Linux User Group HOWTO

plone gov sprint - Belgium

Plone, the software
is an artifact of Plone,
the community
Paul Everitt
(Martin's book)

why you ?

ploneconf 2007 - Darci Hanning

ploneconf 2007 - Darci Hanning

why me ?

need for Plone developers
(human resource)
create Plone demand
(sales)

where ?

NGO
education GOV
enthusiasts
Industry
users
& others

NGO

GOV

Industry

education

enthusiasts
users
& others

NGO
education GOV
Community
enthusiasts
Industry
users
& others

NGO
education GOV
Community
enthusiasts
Industry
users
& others

mature...

artifact
and
community

meta project
artifact
and
community

meta projectc
artifact
and
community
lobby power

ADVOCACY

free software conventions in 2 years
Mendoza, Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Córdoba
Porto Alegre (Brasil), Santa Fe

INTRODUCTION TALK
Divide and conquer: Plone is an application
●
Uses Cases
●
oxfam, cc, linux foundation, fsf, lf, unitednations, ammesty,
cnnexpansion, nokia
Reuse! -> Content Types
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Plone 3 features
●
Jon Stahl's blog (8 things...)
Multiple users & security
●
openplans on action!
Workflow
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Search Engine and multilanguage
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Support
●
plone.net, books, mailing list, irc

http://www.openplans.org

EDUCATION

SUPPORT

ONLINE SUPPORT
plone.org section on countries
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mailing list: plone-conosur@plone.org
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irc channel: #plone-conosur|
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SOCIALIZATION

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OTHERS

7as Jornadas de Software Libre

RESULTS &
SOME NUMBERS
how's the plone community right now on the region

City Using Plone: 1
●
● PloneGov member: 1
● Universities using plone: 2 (faculties)
● NGO Using Plone:
● Free Software Communities using
Plone: 1 ½
Barrapunto: 2 times
●
Plone Companies: 5 (2 new in this year)
●
People on mailing list: 85
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CHALLENGES
&
FUTURE

press

JUST DO IT!

FOCUS ON
ACTION!

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Thank you!
Roberto Allende
rallende@menttes.com
http://www.menttes.com