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

Some of you may be already coming to this! Hope to see you
there.

Katrin

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. Participants will frankly address
the challenges of developing open source tools for non profits as well as
celebrate strengths and successes of open source in the nonprofit
sector.

Penguin Day 2004 will

* build new and enhanced relationships between key constituencies in the
open source and nonprofit communities;

* challenge developers to provide flexible and appropriate open source
solutions for non-profit mission-critical applications;

* and empower non-profit users and support providers to better
communicate their needs and serve as active partners in the
development and maturation of open source technology for
nonprofits.

Register now at
http://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

We will have plenty of opportunities to meet each other as well as
speed-geek throughout the day.

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, the "Open
Source Primer" of the Non Profit Open Source Initiative (NOSI), and
the NOSI Open Source Café.

Penguin Day was 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.

If you have any questions about PenguinDay, please contact Katrin Verclas
or Allen Gunn at [email protected]

We hope to see you there!

Katrin and Gunner for the Penguin Day Working Group