[Educational] Plone4Edu

Plone4edu +1

It's warm and fuzzy, and lends itself to code sharing and the ability
to split into the specific educational sub-groupings when appropriate.

Since Andreas has been so kinds as to get the plone4universities site
up and running, would it be possible / reasonable to ask if he wants
the plone4edu.org domain passed into his control?

-Kurt


On 11/12/07, Christian Vinten-Johansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I agree with Rui. Plone4edu suggests a more inclusive scope of
> interest for developing applications for educational institutions.
>
> Christian
>
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2007 5:40 PM, rfernandes <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jordan
> >
> > Plone4Edu seems a better name than plone4universities, this will avoid the
> > creation of many groups that have much in common, avoiding a big divergence
> > in Plone and making it easier to find things (people don't have to hop
> > through dozens of sites).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Rui
> >
> >
> > Jordan Carswell wrote:
> > >
> > > What about expanding Plone4Universities to Plone4Edu? I am willing to
> > > donate the domain name for the web site. I purchased it for another
> > > purpose but would rather use it to promote the Plone in Education effort.
> > >
> > > This was discussed at last week's Plone in Education Organizing meeting
> > > which followed the successful Ploneability Higher Ed conference. I agreed
> > > to make a proposal to the list.
> > >
> > > There are some obvious benefits to using Plone4Edu. Those mentioned in our
> > > discussion were that it was short and simple to remember; that it would be
> > > easy to market and promote with the existing use of 'Plone in Education';
> > > but most importantly, that it widened the perceived scope of the group to
> > > all levels of educational institutions.
> > >
> > > Thoughts and opinions?
> > >
> >
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