Announcemnt: PLUG Devel Event Planner Project [was]Re: Event Planning Project

Wed Mar 9 13:49:02 2005

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The presentation took the whole meeting, so we didn't get much chance to 
discuss the project beyond recommending an announcement of some sort 
this week..

As far as that goes:

PLUG has discussed, at the development meeting, initiating an open 
source (GPL) project to create an event planning software system, 
initial focus will be on supporting those features needed for monthly 
installfests, followed by larger installfests, free/open meeting events, 
conferences, symposia, and other event types as needed.

I have volunteered to act as an initial project lead and software 
architect to get things up and running.

At this point, we need 3-5 other people willing to commit some amount of 
time (2 hours per week, or more) over the next 6 months to get the 
initial development done.

We also need the following:
People willing to try the software and provide feedback on features, 
fit-and-finish, and any defect discovered
Someone willing to maintain (but not necessarily host) the project website
People willing to help us with feature requests

We have someone who has volunteered to setup our source repository in 
subversion, but we will need someone willing and able to host the 
development site.
I'd rather not host this on SourceForge until at least the first few 
iterations are complete, to ensure we don't end up adding yet another 
dead and unusable project to SourceForge.

There has not been a decision made regarding the development platform.  
The current suggestions are GNUe (all development would be Python) or 
J2EE (All core development would be Java, although modules could be 
written in other languages if appropriate)  The system is expected to 
incorporate (eventually) a mix of server-side and client-side code, 
possibly including a stand-alone client capable of offline use for some 
functions, a rich online interface, PDA support, and whatever other 
platform support the user community needs.

The proposed development methodology is Lightweight/Open which adapts 
many of the features of XP to open source development.

The project will use the PLUG Devel mailing list as the project mailing 
list.

I expect we will hold a project naming discussion(contest?) on-list 
sometime in April.

Reply on-list if you are interested and/or willing to volunteer.

Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote:

>I had to miss this meeting, did any one discuss the open source events
>planning project?
>
>On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Alan Dayley wrote:
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>>The next PLUG Devel Meeting is on Thursday, March 3rd.
>>
>>What: PLUG Developer Meeting
>>When: Thursday, March 3rd, 2005 at 7:00 PM
>>Where: Adtron Corporation
>>4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Suite 100
>>Phoenix, AZ 85040
>>(Directions are available in the web site FAQ here:
>>http://plug.phoenix.az.us/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=3&categories=PLUG+Meetings&parent_id=0#27
>>
>>Topic: J2EE Web Application Development with Tomcat and JDBC
>>
>>This topic will cover the following subtopics:
>>
>>� � * General characteristics of the J2EE platform
>>� � * An introduction to Tomcat
>>� � * An overview of the JDBC API
>>� � * A discussion of some other technologies that compliment J2EE
>>� � � development
>>
>>Joseph Sinclair is a professional Computer Engineer based in Phoenix 
>>Arizona. �He has been designing computer systems for over 15 years, and 
>>has been writing and speaking on Security, Java Technology, Extended 
>>Design, Embedded Systems, and Interconnected-System design for the past 6 
>>years. �Joseph is also an Open Source and Linux enthusiast. �Joseph may 
>>be reached at plug-development@stcaz.net, or via the PLUG development 
>>list at plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>>_______________________________________________
>>PLUG-devel mailing list  -  PLUG-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-devel
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The presentation took the whole meeting, so we
didn't get much chance to discuss the project beyond recommending an
announcement of some sort this week.. 
 
As far as that goes: 
 
PLUG has discussed, at the development meeting, initiating an open
source (GPL) project to create an event planning software system,
initial focus will be on supporting those features needed for monthly
installfests, followed by larger installfests, free/open meeting
events, conferences, symposia, and other event types as needed. 
 
I have volunteered to act as an initial project lead and software
architect to get things up and running. 
 
At this point, we need 3-5 other people willing to commit some amount
of time (2 hours per week, or more) over the next 6 months to get the
initial development done. 
 
We also need the following: 
People willing to try the software and provide feedback on features,
fit-and-finish, and any defect discovered 
Someone willing to maintain (but not necessarily host) the project
website 
People willing to help us with feature requests 
 
We have someone who has volunteered to setup our source repository in
subversion, but we will need someone willing and able to host the
development site. 
I'd rather not host this on SourceForge until at least the first few
iterations are complete, to ensure we don't end up adding yet another
dead and unusable project to SourceForge. 
 
There has not been a decision made regarding the development platform. 
The current suggestions are GNUe (all development would be Python) or
J2EE (All core development would be Java, although modules could be
written in other languages if appropriate)  The system is expected to
incorporate (eventually) a mix of server-side and client-side code,
possibly including a stand-alone client capable of offline use for some
functions, a rich online interface, PDA support, and whatever other
platform support the user community needs. 
 
The proposed development methodology is Lightweight/Open which adapts
many of the features of XP to open source development. 
 
The project will use the PLUG Devel mailing list as the project mailing
list. 
 
I expect we will hold a project naming discussion(contest?) on-list
sometime in April. 
 
Reply on-list if you are interested and/or willing to volunteer. 
 
 
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu">Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu</a> wrote:
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 <pre wrap="">I had to miss this meeting, did any one discuss the open source events
planning project?

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Alan Dayley wrote:

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    <pre wrap="">The next PLUG Devel Meeting is on Thursday, March 3rd.

What: PLUG Developer Meeting
When: Thursday, March 3rd, 2005 at 7:00 PM
Where: Adtron Corporation
4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85040
(Directions are available in the web site FAQ here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://plug.phoenix.az.us/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=3&categories=PLUG+Meetings&parent_id=0#27">http://plug.phoenix.az.us/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=FAQ&amp;file=index&amp;myfaq=yes&amp;id_cat=3&amp;categories=PLUG+Meetings&amp;parent_id=0#27</a>

Topic: J2EE Web Application Development with Tomcat and JDBC

This topic will cover the following subtopics:

� � * General characteristics of the J2EE platform
� � * An introduction to Tomcat
� � * An overview of the JDBC API
� � * A discussion of some other technologies that compliment J2EE
� � � development

Joseph Sinclair is a professional Computer Engineer based in Phoenix 
Arizona. �He has been designing computer systems for over 15 years, and 
has been writing and speaking on Security, Java Technology, Extended 
Design, Embedded Systems, and Interconnected-System design for the past 6 
years. �Joseph is also an Open Source and Linux enthusiast. �Joseph may 
be reached at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:plug-development@stcaz.net">plug-development@stcaz.net</a>, or via the PLUG development 
list at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us">plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us</a>
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