NYCPHP Meetup

[Scott Wolpow]

I will be able to establish the account without the minutes and bring in 
the signature cards.
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On 10/28/2009 5:45 PM, Laura Gordon wrote:
> I would like Joomla.org to showcase sites that have been created by 
> joomla!
>
> In addition we should 'recognize' the VP's and Presidents of the large 
> organizations that have chosen to go the Joomla! route...
>
> Ryan, is there a good way to do this???
>
> Joomla! has made it to so many different areas...let's shout it out!!!
>
> -- Laura
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> *From:* Ryan Ozimek <cozimek at picnet.net>
> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
> *Sent:* Wed, October 28, 2009 3:13:42 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [joomla] Any thoughts on why Joomla missed out?
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Reporting from inside the Beltway, I personally know the CEO of 
> Phase2. The connections between the Democratic party and Drupal date 
> back to the Dean campaign, and as a business owner in this sector, 
> I've seen the Drupal companies thoroughly dominate in this arena.
>
> At the same time, Joomla is still the only open source CMS approved to 
> be used in US Congress (we at PICnet made that happen 3+ years ago) 
> and it's heavily entrenched in NGOs here.
>
> I think Larry and Mitch have it right: we simply need to do a better 
> job sharing professionally crafted success stories. This is a big 
> topic that I speak about a lot at Joomla Days and on the OSM Board, 
> and I'm excited to gather best practices from others an move forward 
> in the right direction.
>
> Best,
> Ryan
>
> Sent wirelessly.
>
> On Oct 28, 2009, at 6:49 PM, sqwang01 at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:sqwang01 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Can I call you on my drive home around 4 30 to 5pm? If so what is 
> the best number to reach you.
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mitch.pirtle at gmail.com>>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:10:03
> > To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla<joomla at lists.nyphp.org 
> <mailto:joomla at lists.nyphp.org>>
> > Subject: Re: [joomla] Any thoughts on why Joomla missed out?
> >
> > I dug around and asked a few people, and the feedback I got on the
> > WhiteHouse.gov <http://WhiteHouse.gov> site moving to Drupal was 
> simply based on Obama's
> > election campaign being run on Drupal, which was actually chosen by
> > the firm that Obama's campaign chose to hire for building the site.
> >
> > This looks to have been initially a developer decision, which turned
> > into a lasting relationship for folks that learned how to use Drupal.
> >
> > IMHO this is still a very compelling story for Drupal, and I'm not
> > trying to detract from it. Just trying to uncover how the decision
> > process was made in order to understand the selection process; and
> > basically learned it was due to familiarity of the developer hired to
> > do the work.
> >
> > Pretty cool, and a recurring theme with open source and government 
> uptake.
> >
> > And for the record, Forest, McCainSpace was KickApps powered. :^P
> >
> > -- Mitch
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