One of my current OACS 3.2.5 clients,
pps.org, has hired Walter and I to do a specific resource center for the federal highway administration and state DOTs. Although they also have some expansive ideas about a general knowledge base, the core of this site will be content management. They've decided to go with OACS 5 on this. Thus, Walter and I have some funded time to work on CMS over the next couple months, and would like to coordinate with all CMS-interested folks. CMS will be a critical piece of the OACS future, and it seems like there's a great opportunity for combined effort and payoff here. Our timeline is relatively short, ~3 months, and so I'm going to try and keep things moving forward.
To begin with, I propose a solid tech design meeting soon, in Boston with some telepresence, on or before 12/16. Yes, that's mostly next week, but beyond that lies the holiday black hole. I envision an afternoon where we hash out the major issues and blocks of work leading to a releasable CMS package, and then discuss timeline and how to coordinate the work. I can offer a small room in Somerville, albeit near only bus and not subway, so alternatives welcome. Beer and food would be a high likelihood afterwards. Post your available times, if you can make it.
For that meeting, it'd be good to know the resources available more concretely, so if you have cycles or funding you can commit in the near term, please chime in.
Any takers?
