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These are some of the topic ideas raised at previous meetings

Proposed Topics

• i18n, l10n (Internationalization, Localization) (2017-09-18) Scheduled for May 2018
• Colocation site field trip (2017-02-16)
• Collaborative Work Space field trip (2017-02-17)
  • the last two from correspondence with Calum Elliot of Open Sky Incubator https://secure.meetup.com/messages/?convo_id=409766784853282816
• Bitcoin and other digital currencies (2017-04-10) (follow-up from Blockchains)
• Risk Management (2017-05-08)
• Event Management (2017-08-21, based on running events like KW Linuxfest or KW Peace Perspectives
• Contact Management Software (2017-08-21)
• Password Management (2017-08-21)
• Donors and Donations, eg. CiviCRM (2017-09-18)
• Optical Character Recognition - Document archiving, crowd sourcing (2017-09-18)
• Finding Things - Search strategies and tools (2017-10-15)
• Document Management (2017-11-13)
• Encryption (2017-11-13)
• Fallout from data breaches (Equifax, Home Depot) (2018-02-12)
  • How do these companies work? "reputation management companies"
  • Do these companies operate?
    • You can get your own data from them, legally mandated
    • There are Meta-access services that get info from all services
• Road Warriors - using VPNs (2019-03-11)
• Technical Writing (2019-04-09, from an e-mail conversation)
• Video Conferencing (2019-04-09)
• LibreOffice Development and Testing (2019-04-09)

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Done

• ERP - Enterprise Resource Management (2019-03-11)
• Content Management (2019-03-11)
  • Igloo: Internet software and digital software solutions
• Presentation Software
  • what do sys admin use to show directors or other IT staff at meetings
• LibreOffice User Group (2019-01-14) Scheduled for 15 July 2019
• Agile vs. Waterfall Methodology, and Hybrids (2019-01-14) Scheduled for 10 June 2019
• Education (2017-09-03) For NonProfits that provide instruction to their clients. Scheduled for 13 May 2019
• Software Testing (2019-01-14) Scheduled for 8 April 2019
• Network Security (2018-03-30) Scheduled for 11 March 2019
  • Firewall software: pfSense, IPFire, Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper
• Gaming (2017-09-03) What value do games have in the Non-Profit sector? Scheduled for 11 February 2019
• GDPR (EC) and PIPEDA (Canada) -- compliance | Scheduled for 14 Jan 2019
  • how to avoid having your website(s) blocked by the European Community new privacy rules
  • differences in privacy approach
• Training - new staff on existing software, existing staff on new software (2016-06-05) Scheduled for 15 October 2018
• Procurement (2018-02-12) Scheduled for 17 September 2018
  • guest speaker Kris Braun from http://www.gobonfire.com/ ?
• Scripting Languages (2017-10-16) Scheduled for 20 August 2018
• Creating a Web Store / Checkout Basket (2017-04-10) Scheduled for 16 July 2018
  • Special guest? Sam Nabi, author of Shopkit
• A11y (Accessibility) and legal requirements (2016-11-14) Scheduled for 11 June 2018
  • See http://nonprofitmarcommunity.com/accessibility-101-digital-content/ (via https://twitter.com/silverbell/status/917837390475091968 )
• Dark Web, Hidden Services (2017-06-12) Scheduled for 9 April 2018
• File Formats - Open Document Format vs. proprietary (2017-09-17) Scheduled for 12 March 2018
• Corporate Surveillance (2016-08-15) Scheduled for 12 February 2018
  • (this may not have been an actual topic request)
• Fundraising (based on discussions during Monetization) (2017-10-11) Scheduled for 15 Jan 2018
• Social Night (2017-06-26, based on an idea from http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2017/06/15/party-time/ ) Scheduled for 2017-12-18
• Document Storage Formats (ODS, etc.) (2016-11-14) Scheduled for 2017-11-13
• Markup Languages and Note Taking applications (2017-08-21) Scheduled for 2017-10-09
• Project Management Software (2017-01-16) Schedule for 2017-09-18
• Monetization - How can a Non-Profit organization raise money from their services? (2017-02-13) Scheduled for 2017-08-21
• Mail Management - how do we deal with spam, blocklists, and mail providers that don't play fair? (2017-02-16) Scheduled for 2017-07-17
  • from correspondence between Marc and Bob
• Ransomware / Malware - prevention? (2017-05-08) Scheduled for 2017-06-12
• Block chain systems (2016-11-14) Scheduled for 2017-04-10
  • Book: London Review of Books had two stories by the same author Andrew O’Hagen
  • Ethereum (a programming environment built on top of Block Chain)
• Branding - Names, logos, slogans (2017-02-13) Scheduled for 2017-03-13

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