CMS EDU - Chicago and Beyond

Introduction to Open Source CMS: http://tinyurl.com/trycms

Background:

It's kind of funny. I got an email from being on an email list I signed up for at change.gov, which basically makes announcements of what the new Obama administration is going to be doing. And a day or two ago, I got excited; it was kind of hard to believe, but they said they were opening up all of their meetings to give people a chance to see what was happening, the meetings with various organizations who were presenting recommendations and ideas -- and inviting people to comment, share their own thoughts, and even share documents.

Then somehow my brain translated this into thinking that they were also asking for original ideas -- and this motivated me to pick up a powerpoint presentation I had made on open source CMS, polish it, import it into Google documents, publish it, and put it at this address: http://tinyurl.com/trycms

Then I went back to http://change.gov/open_government/yourseatatthetable -(or if you like tiny urls: http://tinyurl.com/changetable)

And realized they were looking for feedback on existing recommendations and proposals and whatnot. But I still think it's cool, because at least they are involving people.