ntc 2010 "working with opensource software and vendors"
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Working With Open Source Software And Vendors
Gregory Heller, CivicActions @gregoryheller
Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM, @dggreenbergMargaux O'Malley, Grand Junction Design, @margaux_omalleySarah Davies, ACLU WA @sarahdavies
Session Code: 176
Gregory HellerStrategist, CivicActions@gregoryheller
Sarah DaviesInternet Operations Manager, ACLU of Washington@sarahdavies
David GreenbergProject Manager, CiviCRM@dggreenberg
Margaux O'MalleyPresident, Grand Junction Design@margaux_omalley
Who Are You?
Nonprofit Staff or Executives? Open Source Software Developers or Vendors? Proprietary Software Developers or Vendors? Non-Developer Consultants?
Gregory Heller
What Do You Know?
Are You Using Free and Open Source Software?
Gregory Heller
What Do You Know?
Are you sure?
Desktop
Gregory Heller
What Do You Know?Online
Content ManagementContact ManagementServer Stack
Gregory Heller
What Is Open Source?
Free Software or Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
You have access to the source code You do not have to pay a licensing fee to use it You can build on the code, modify it and redistribute your improvements
Gregory Heller
Why Open Source ?
No License FeesNo Vendor Lock-In*
CustomizableCommunityMorality?
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Gregory Heller
Moral?
Basic argument: Non Profit $ should not go to licensing fees and
profits of proprietary software companies.
Investing in Free and Open Source Software advances a tool set available to those with the
least among us.
Watch Last Year's NTC Keynote from Eben Moglen
Gregory Heller
No Vendor Lock-In & Community
Signs of Good Open Source Software:
Strong Community Vibrant Vendor Ecosystem
Gregory Heller
About CiviCRM Designed by and for non-profits
Fundraising Events Membership Newsletters Case management Drupal and Joomla integration
Breast Cancer Research Fdtn, Wikipedia, Mozilla Foundation, Drupal Association …
Learn more at civicrm.org`
Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM http://civicrm.org @CiviCRM
Our Community Thousands of installed sites 16,000+ community members Online forum and IRC channel Local meetups “CiviCon 2010”
Dave Greenberg
Choosing Partner(s) Assess in-house resources (analysis + sys admin) Where do you need help?
Design, Configure and Customize Data Migration Hosting Ongoing support and maintenance (upgrades!)
Partner selection is critical Experience w/ open source + specific platform(s) Experience w/ organizations and implementations like yours
(features, scale, user profile …) Best practices approach to customization
Dave Greenberg
Participate and Contribute! Everyone can contribute regardless of skills and
background! Give and get help on forums and IRC Improve the documentation Join or start a local meetup Promote the project to other NPOs Share a case study Spec a new feature or improvement (and sponsor or develop
it) Review / test alpha and beta releases Report / help diagnose bugs
Dave Greenberg
Does open source matter?
“It may be time for organizations to think about rejecting the standard “every organization for themselves” mentality of software acquisition and development, and consider investing in open source tools that enrich the sector as a whole.”
Michelle Murrain - OpenIssue.com
Dave Greenberg
Open source makes the world a better place
Margaux O'Malley
Spirit of community and camaraderie
Margaux O'Malley
An ongoing investmentA way to give back
Margaux O'Malley
Relationships!
What makes a good…• client?• vendor?• RFP?
Margaux O'Malley
Evaluation Code: 176
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