[Users] Agenda for Mar 09, 2017 - Thursday's conference call is available for editing

[David Touitou]

Hi guys, 

I'm on the train back home. 

The Zeta Alliance presentation went extremely well. 
20-30 peoples were here, mostly VARs/BSPs and some ZCS admins of "big" platforms (>100'000 accounts - I guess some university). 

The presentation was one of the first in the afternoon, the "official" Synacor presentations happened in the morning. 

The overall audience return was "I'm glad this presentation happened, it's the most re-insuring and interesting since this morning: now we know there are people officially joining forces around ZCS to enforce the F/LOSS advocacy/movement and be heard by Synacor". 

Eve of Synacor was in the room and ended up on stage with me for the Q/A session. 
She took the bullets from the audience (8.6 end of support, 8.7 released while very buggy, no visible enhancements, bugzilla/JIRA, etc). 
She acknowledged they did not do well for a couple of years, that F/LOSS was now really at the heart of their strategy for Zimbra and that they are very happy the Zeta Alliance exists so there's "someone" representing the community to talk to/exchange with. 

Questions about the Zeta Alliance were about: 
. how to stay independent while supported by Synacor 
. the legal status of the Alliance ("users group?", "association?", "users club?", "something else?") (*) 
. where do I sign (the charter and/or another official paper) to be part of the Alliance and join the forces/give our support (*) 
. can we contribute (as VAR/BSP) and give the Alliance our own bits of development/scripting so other people can use it (and we can use other people's) 

(*) these questions were asked by people representing big users platforms (university or public/gov, I don't know) who want to show officially they support the Alliance and are part of it. 
Their idea seems to give the Alliance more weight/power in its communication by listing its members. 

I also had a quite long exchange after the presentation with some guys who have Ideas/needs and money to spend on developments (zimlets) but don't know who to ask while they want to give the zimlets to the community (this seems to be a problem with some software company in France, both too expensive and not willing to dev for the community even if paid for it). 

I saw Jorge but was unfortunately not able to meet/chat with him 8-/ 
Same for Erynn. 

David 

> De: "Adam Cody" <ajcody at zetalliance.org>
> À: "Guy CARRÉ" <guycarre at free.fr>
> Cc: "users" <users at lists.zetalliance.org>
> Envoyé: Jeudi 9 Mars 2017 17:08:06
> Objet: Re: [Users] Agenda for Mar 09, 2017 - Thursday's conference call is
> available for editing

> If I didn't live in Michigan, I would invest in some portal solar panels for
> these events. They happen a lot in Michigan because of the trees.

> -Adam

> From: "Guy Carré" <guycarre at free.fr>
> To: "users" <users at lists.zetalliance.org>, "Adam Cody" <ajcody at zetalliance.org>,
> "devel" <devel at lists.zetalliance.org>, "users" <users at lists.zetalliance.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:14:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Agenda for Mar 09, 2017 - Thursday's conference call is
> available for editing

> Hi Adam,

> I will not be available. I am on duty at Zimbra Forum France in Paris.

> See you soon all.

> Le 8 mars 2017 17:22:05 GMT+01:00, Adam Cody <ajcody at zetalliance.org> a écrit :
>> Agenda is available for editing at :

>> https://goo.gl/0dpi0j

>> Please add yourself to the Attendee section for the NYC Commit conference if you
>> plan on attending. There is also a section of recommended hotels and where
>> people have already booked.

>> https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/zetalliance#/
>> Thursday at:
>> * 20:00 Amsterdam/Milan|Central European Time
>> * 14:00 Detroit/Ne/w York|Eastern Time
>> * 11:00 Los Angeles|Pacific Time
>> You can confirm your local time using:
>> * http://www.timeanddate.com

>> You can download the appointment from the wall page above. Once imported into
>> Zimbra/ZWC , remember to modify it so it's a re-occurring appointment.

>> -Adam

> --
> Envoyé de mon appareil Android avec K-9 Mail. Veuillez excuser ma brièveté.
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