Penguin Day: Open Source Forum 3/28/04 in Philadelphia

["Ed Dodds" <dodds@e-dodds.com>]

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</> From: Katrin Verclas [mailto:kverclas@techstrategy.org]
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</> Subject: [RIDERS-NEWS] [nptechvt] Penguin Day: Open Source Forum 3/28/04
</> in Philadelphia
</> 
</> Penguin Day 2004
</> An Open Source Forum for Non-Profit Technology Staff and Developers
</> March 28, 2004
</> Philadelphia
</> www.penguinday.org
</> 
</> Are you a developer interested in open source software for the
</> non-profit sector?  A nonprofit technology support provider wanting
</> to use open source software in your work?  Then Penguin Day 2004 is
</> for you.
</> 
</> The first-ever Penguin Day on March 28, 2004 will bring together open
</> source software (OSS) developers and non-profit technology staff for a
</> day of learning and conversation to frankly address the
</> challenges of developing open source tools for non profits and
</> celebrate strengths and successes of open source in the
</> nonprofit sector.
</> 
</> Developed in collaboration with Aspiration, the
</> Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI), the LINC Project of the
</> Welfare Law Center, the Advocacy Project, and several individuals, the
</> event is generously supported with a grant from the IBM International
</> Foundation and other donors.
</> 
</> Register now at  <http://www.penguinday.org/>www.penguinday.org
</> 
</> With a packed agenda of workshops, round tables, and speakers, Penguin
</> Day 2004 will focus on two key questions:
</> 
</> 1. How can nonprofits and technology support providers better inform
</> open source developers of their needs and work flow, as well as about
</> barriers to adopting open source solutions?
</> 2. How can developer communities better deliver what non-profits need?
</> 
</> Sessions will address:
</> * requirement definition processes
</> * product adoption/deployment models
</> * project management & tracking requirements
</> * in-house development and maintenance
</> * quality assurance
</> * funding models
</> * project planning and sustainability
</> 
</> See the full agenda at http://www.penguinday.org/agenda.html
</> 
</> Penguin Day will take place right after the NTEN Non-Profit Technology
</> Conference in Philadelphia and will build on the momentum generated
</> there by
</> two days of workshops and session on Open Source at the NTC, the "Open
</> Source Primer" of the Non Profit Open Source Initiative (NOSI), and
</> the NOSI Open Source Café.
</> 
</> If you have any questions about the event, please contact Katrin
</> Verclas or Allan Gunn at info@penguinday.org.
</> 
</> We hope to see you there!
</> 
</> Katrin and Gunner for the Penguin Day Working Group
</> 
</> 
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