[plumi-discuss] Last Call For Plone/Video Sprint Subsidies

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Hello all,
EngageMedia has only a few more travel and accommodation subsidies left 
for the Plone Video Sprint, please let us know ASAP if you are 
interested in attending. Details below.

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EngageMedia is pleased to announce a Plone Video sprint at this years 
Plone Conference in Budapest, Hungary. The 4 day sprint will be an 
opportunity for developers to collaborate on open video technologies 
around the Plone CMS. The sprint will take place from 31st October 2009 
to 3rd November 2009, directly after the conference.

Online video has exploded in recent years, being a major source of the 
“web 2.0” boom. YouTube, Yahoo Video and other video sharing spaces have 
been celebrated for making major advances in facilitating citizen media. 
Despite their success however there are many limitations to these 
proprietary platforms. The ability to host and manage your own content 
using FOSS tools is essential for independent media organisations and 
non-profits.

Topics and Aims
The aims for the sprint are the following

* Increased communication and collaboration between Python, Zope and
Plone developers working in the area of open video technologies.

* Direct improvement of key video technologies and the video feature
set available in the Plone CMS so as to increase uptake and
improve those sites already implementing Plone video technologies.

* Improved the ease of use, install and set up of Plumi via
technical and documentation enhancements, opening it up to a
broader set of users and contributors.

* Increased skill set among sprint participants regarding how to
implement and develop with the Plumi CMS and for video
technologies more generally in the Plone CMS.

* Increase the community of developers working on Plone and video and
their effectiveness.

We will be guided by a professional facilitator (Gunner from Aspiration 
- http://www.aspirationtech.org/) to help the group focus on priorities. 
Broadly we aim to work on the following topic areas: building a shared 
roadmap for video on Plone, working on key technical needs such as large 
file handling, transcoding and bittorrent support, improving support for 
FOSS video codecs, publishing and viewing content with mobile devices, 
bug fixing existing video related Plone collective products and 
improving documentation.

Participating
EngageMedia has a very limited number of travel subsidies to offer to 
activists and NGO developers based on need. When you contact us, please 
also let us know by September 6th if you want to be considered for a 
travel subsidy.

The Plone Video sprint has limited number of places, and you will need 
to register, and please indicate how long for the 4 days you can stay. 
We have a preference for people to stay for the entire 4 days. Please 
add yourself to the team at
http://www.coactivate.org/projects/plone-video-sprint/request-membership
and email contact at engagemedia.org

Regards
The EngageMedia team