Forum OpenACS Q&A: Boston OpenACS Social

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1: Boston OpenACS Social
Posted by Caroline Meeks on 10/05/03 03:47 AM
We need one soon! Carl, Samir and David K. are all in town for a limited time.

I am out of town next Wed-Mon :(  So please not next weekend.

How long are people in town for?

Caroline

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2: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Samir Joshi on 10/06/03 05:50 AM
Yes, it will so cool.

I am here for at least another month...so not in hurry but can't wait either :)

-Samir

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3: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Alfred Werner on 10/07/03 09:16 PM
Is this gonna happen? I might make the drive up from CT ...
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4: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Carl Robert Blesius on 10/08/03 09:25 AM
I am around for a while (a.k.a. 2.5 months) so I am flexible. Evenings any day this week or next week is fine with me.
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5: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by John Sequeira on 10/28/03 01:51 PM
I'd like to propose next Monday,  November 3 7pm at RedBones for the Boston OpenACS social.  It worked pretty well there last time.

Does that work for folks?

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6: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 5)
Posted by Andrew Piskorski on 10/28/03 03:26 PM
I'll be there. :)
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7: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 5)
Posted by Alfred Essa on 10/28/03 03:43 PM
John, Thanks for proposing this. I will be there..Al
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8: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 5)
Posted by Carl Robert Blesius on 10/28/03 04:36 PM
See you then John. 😊
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9: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Talli Somekh on 10/28/03 06:52 PM
I'll be in town then too, and I can never turn down an event at Redbones!

talli

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10: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Samir Joshi on 10/29/03 03:01 AM
I'll be there !
-Samir
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11: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 10)
Posted by Caroline Meeks on 10/29/03 03:12 AM
I'll be there!
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12: Re: Boston OpenACS Social - Pre-meeting about CMS (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 10/29/03 05:42 PM
I'll also be there.

There will be a pre-social meeting to chat about CMS issues from 4:30 until we leave for the social. So far scheduled to attend are myself and Carl Blesius. Anyone in invited to stop by to chat.

We are meeting at:
MIT Sloan School of Management
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge MA 02142

Map: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=50+memorial+Drive&city=cambridge&state=MA&zipcode=&homesubmit=Get+Map

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13: Re: Boston OpenACS Social - Pre-meeting about CMS (response to 12)
Posted by Talli Somekh on 10/29/03 06:24 PM
i'll be at the CMS discussion too.

talli

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14: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Luke Pond on 10/29/03 06:50 PM
Sounds good!  I'll show up for the CMS meeting too.
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15: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Rich Graves on 10/30/03 02:07 AM
In this context, does "CMS" mean Course Management System (in which case we might be getting interested again, after a year hiatus) or the Content Management System specific to openacs (in which case it's over/to the side of my head for a while).
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16: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 10/30/03 02:36 AM
Rich,

I originally meant Content Management. Course management could be implemented similarly.

Also closely related is knowledge management.

I am interested in making it easy to add "stuff" to the database, give it a URL, and present it to users.

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17: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 10/30/03 02:38 AM
Wait, did you mean the CMS package? I hope to resuse the useful parts of that package, but its more about implementing a content management user interface that makes it easier to create content.
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18: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 17)
Posted by Rich Graves on 10/30/03 03:01 AM
Um, I just meant the "pre-social meeting to chat about CMS issues." 😊

Brandeis dropped out of sight as far as openacs is concerned about a year ago, then we started thinking of looking again and hey, there's a social on Monday...

If you've got technical issues to work on, I'll stay out of your way, lurk and maybe have some BBQ later.

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19: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 10/30/03 03:19 AM
Rich,

If you can make it, I am sure it will be interesting. We don't have any technical issues to work on. I am thinking more of stategy, direction, and use case types of discussion.

I definitely want to keep in mind the additional things like learning object repository, knowledge management etc. although I think the first released product will be just a content management system.

So anyone with any interest in content management at all is welcome.

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20: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Jun Yamog on 10/30/03 07:04 AM
Hi Dave,

Can you give me some info after the CMS meeting?  Unless someone is willing to fly me in there.  I will be stuck here half way around the globe.

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21: Re: Boston OpenACS Social (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 10/30/03 02:55 PM
Jun,

Definitely I will share what results from this "meeting". I hope this will get us back on track to get at least one CMS user interface into OpenACS.

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22: Re: Boston OpenACS Social - Pre-meeting about CMS (response to 12)
Posted by Carl Robert Blesius on 11/03/03 01:12 PM
I am not yet sure which room we are going to meet in to talk about CMS, so I suggest we meet in the lobby of Sloan at 4:30pm (there are little tables, lounge chairs, and sometimes even free coffee and treats). We can then go to the room at around 4:50pm (unless the treats warrant staying in the lobby). I will tape our final location on a white piece of paper close to the elevators for anyone that might come late (will write CMS in big letters on the paper). See you this afternoon.