[School-of-data] Recap of yesterdays Community Call

Thu Mar 20 16:22:55 UTC 2014

Worth adding that we've experimented with a whole bunch of different tools
over the last 3 years, and gone back and forth between building platforms
and a small-pieces-loosely joined approach. Both have merits. Happy to
share our learnings. P

On 20 March 2014 12:20, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org> wrote:

> Hey Michael
>
> Good to hear that you are doing well and that you are growing!! I've
> had a look at the user stories and it looks good. We've had a similar
> experience when we built lernanta (https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta)
> over at P2PU.
>
> Let me know if you would like to talk about our experience and thoughts on
> it.
>
> Cheers
> Dirk
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Michael Bauer <michael.bauer at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> > Everyone,
> >
> > tl;dr we had our first community call yesterday. notes here:
> > http://okfnpad.org/p/School-of-Data-Communitycall-2014-03-18 - we want
> > more!
> >
> > Yesterday saw our first community call since a long period of time. We've
> > been quite busy having workshops, visiting events and getting things in
> > order. During that time we realized we have totally abandoned you and
> want
> > to hear your feedback more often. We'll start having regular community
> > calls to bring you and all the other people around the School of Data
> > together. So stay tuned for more community calls!
> >
> > In the first one we discussed the fact that we've grown out of the
> > wordpress platform we've been using (that has collected a fair amount of
> > technical debt). With 5 different languages and a lot of amazing people
> > translating and creating content it just doesn't cut the deal anymore.
> >
> > In the call we discussed key features and requirements - many of them are
> > in the User Stories
> > (http://wiki.okfn.org/Projects/School_of_Data/Website/User_Stories) for
> the
> > new platform. We want to create a community hub that fits your needs:
> > Whether you're just dropping by to learn things or you want to share your
> > knowledge. If you have a few minutes: Review the user stories and share
> > your thoughts.
> >
> > We'll announce the call earlier next time and are looking forward to hear
> > your voice!
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who showed up. If you couldn't make it: feel free to
> > edit the pad with the notes or ask questions on the list.
> >
> > Michael
> >
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