> I've been having a trial run with Open Atrium at this location:
> http://www.chapters.zeitgeistaustralia.org/master_group/dashboard.  Their
> installation has some bugs, but I had an opportunity to work with their set
> up. It's not a bad setup.

> What I was not able to see is a wiki style layout for the creation of
> documents, and editing them, and commenting on an adjacent discussion
> connected to the document. The Admin told me that the feature called: Notes
> is the equivalent of the wiki. However, I also noticed there isn't a tree of
> Notes, under each major subdivision, etc. Could just be because there are no
> subtopics now.

> A point to consider is that whether an Admin or all users will have the
> ability to help organize the documents in a tree-like method, like
> directories and subdirectories, etc. And the Admin (or anyone authorized to
> do so) should be able to reorganize things when necessary.

> Cheers, Nick

> On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:57:01 AM UTC+8, Jonathan Ganzenhart wrote:

>> I installed OpenAtrium on my local machine, really easy - takes about 5
>> mins. It provides the following:
>> - Define groups and group members, and for each group:
>> - Blogs
>> - Notes (wiki-like pages)
>> - Todo list with projects
>> - Calendar

>> It's based on the proven Drupal system so secure and scalable enough i'd
>> say. This is a simple system that doesn't take much resources and will run
>> on a cheap shared server for example.

>> Plone and Alfresco are enterprise-level application server based systems.
>> They take a lot more resources but can do more things if you are willing to
>> put in the time. Do we need something like that? Depends on the problem we
>> are trying to solve. Since i'm new here i don't know about that. If it's the
>> 'Developer team portal' project from the lingteam wiki i'd say we just need
>> a basic project management tool.

>> If the goal is to create a general system that provides the public sites
>> for all chapters and some kind of courseware-like functionality then i guess
>> a more complex system with custom code is necessary. So gabssnake is right,
>> it boils down to defining the requirements, but i would also suggest just
>> trying out a system and see if it fits the needs.

>> JonathanG

>> 2011/5/23 digitalfredy <digita...@gmail.com>

>>> Hi

>>> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Nick Polimeni <npol...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > The CND Team has been trying to achieve such a collaborative space, so
>>> at
>>> > the outset, I would appreciate you folks share your finding with us. I
>>> guess
>>> > we'll have the answer here at some point in the future.

>>> > Also, two other systems have come to our attention that may merit
>>> > consideration: plone and alfresco.

>>> I am not guru but have friends working in web, the most popular do php
>>> solutions but have problems for security and scalability ...

>>> The others (2) are experts in zope, plone ... and do corporative work
>>> for enterprises (one now work in IBM)  with problmes using tipical
>>> joomla, wordpres ... or enterprises that need real infraestructure.

>>> > I have not examined them in depth, but I
>>> > think plone fits the basic parameters of open source, free, scalable,
>>> and so
>>> > forth. I need one of you gurus to check it out if you've a mind to add
>>> to
>>> > the list of systems under consideration.

>>> > Meanwhile, We do have a new wiki, which can serve to collect
>>> information
>>> > that is decided here. This is the location:
>>> > http://wiki.zmlingteam.org/w/Global_Developers_Team.

>>> > I'm also trying to work up a "Scope of Work-Global, which is not
>>> intended to
>>> > affect the work being done by anyone, but as a kind of central point to
>>> help
>>> > folks see the entire picture, and help the coordinator help get the
>>> > necessary resources to help anyone that needs help.

>>> > Feel free to add or modify any information in the wiki scope of work,
>>> and to
>>> > add any discussion you like.

>>> > Cheers,

>>> > Nick

>>> > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Jonathan D'Orleans
>>> > <jonathan...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> >> Yeah,
>>> >> It's I was taking about.
>>> >> I'm busy today, but I'm going to create some topics to expose my
>>> ideas.
>>> >> I hope it can to be useful!

>>> >> Sent from Mobile

>>> >> Jonathan Ganzenhart <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> >> Hi all,

>>> >> Since i'm new here a bit about me: I live in Holland, and currently i
>>> work
>>> >> as a web developer. I have experience with asp.net and other MS
>>> stuff, php
>>> >> and mysql, and OpenGL 3d programming and simple physics simulations
>>> for a
>>> >> pet project of mine.

>>> >> As a newcomer to the Zeitgeist forums I find it very hard to figure
>>> out
>>> >> which projects are being worked on and what the current status is. It
>>> seems
>>> >> a lot of projects could use some more structure, and some active
>>> projects
>>> >> are invisible on the forum. So my suggestion would be to use the
>>> project
>>> >> management system not just for development stuff but also for other
>>> kind of
>>> >> projects that are started within the zeitgeist movement.

>>> >> As for the requirements, i guess something like the featureset of
>>> Basecamp
>>> >> will do. A clear view of the currently active projects would be good
>>> for the
>>> >> reasons above. OpenAtrium seems like a good choice because it has a
>>> nice
>>> >> interface and it is based on Drupal so i guess for some people
>>> installing
>>> >> and maintenance will be familiar territory.

>>> >> Jonathan

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