2020-10 “Agile Software Development” – How to Avoid Development Chaos

Posted on 19 October 2020 by Marc

Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 19 October 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM

Whether you are part of a non-profit serving up a product or services, as a coder, you are often asked to develop code within an ever changing landscape. How to make sense of project and time management with various partners may at times seem unworkable.

In comes Agile Software Development. Following the Agile values and principals of your approach to development may work for you and for your organization, this, adding a more stable environment of cooperation to make your work more productive.

For this meeting we welcome Ellen Grove, Interim Managing Director of the Agile Alliance [http://www.agilealliance.org/] who will walk us through the Agile development and application within the context of non-profit organizations as well as for-profit organizations.

To join in on the meeting, RSVP to marc.pare@kwnpsa.ca. A couple of days before the event, you will be sent a link to our webconferencing platform and access key.

See you at the meeting!

Marc

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2020-09 KWNPSA Coordinator Meeting

Posted on 28 September 2020 by Marc

Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 28 September 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM

For the month of September we take a small break for a coordinators’ meeting. Something we try to do once a year. This year, we would like to invite those who would like to participate, or just listen in on the meeting.

Intestested? We will be meeting at 7PM (UTC-4), Waterloo Ontario.

Follow this link if you are interested:
https://webconference.kwlug.org/b/mar-atd-v6m
Access Code: 969820

See you there,

Marc

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2020-08 Linux Foundation Training and Certification Programs

Posted on 17 August 2020 by Marc

Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 17 August 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM

With Linux’ pervasiveness in all parts of industry, more and more opportunities of sys admins requiring linux-related certification for contract or hiring prospects are becoming the norm. Accordingly, the “Linux Foundation Training and Certification” group of the Linux Foundation has established itself as the premier certification agency for sys admins in the Linux environment.

Darrell Flewell, Channel Operations Manager at the Linux Foundation, will walk us through the various certification programs offered at the Linux Foundation Training.

Join us on this eye-opening presentation. As usual, there will be a Q&A part in the presentation where attendees will have the opportunity to question Darrell on specifics.

This event is an online event. The online link will be emailed to registered attendees one day prior to the event.

RSVP to marc.pare@kwnpsa OR https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/

Marc Paré, Steve Izma, Bob Jonkman
Co-Coordinators

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2020-07 CiviCRM for Non-Profits

Posted on 13 July 2020 by Marc

Location: ONLINE EVENT
Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM

This month, we take a look at CiviCRM. Building constituent relationships and managing data can be a daunting task. CiviCRM aims to help manage this data in a way that is, at first glance, easy to manage and to update. Maintaining these vibrant relationships is often key to the financial survival of some non-profit organizations. Perhaps CiviCRM could be the answer for your non-profit and donor-base data management.

Ian Kelly, General Manager at PeaceWorks (https://www.Peaceworks.ca), walks us through all facets of CiviCRM and will speak to installation, management and use of CiviCRM for non-profits.

Ian Kelly has over 25 years of experience working in the field of information systems in a variety of settings.  He has a diploma in business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Certificate in Project Leadership from the University of Waterloo. Ian provides fiscal, operational and strategic management of PeaceWorks. Highly effective in managing staff, Ian takes ownership of situations and puts a high priority on customer service delivery at PeaceWorks. 

Ian has been involved in the creation and maintenance of several CiviCRM projects at PeaceWorks, providing guidance and support to many of our not-for-profit clients. He also encourages our PeaceWorks staff to contribute to CiviCRM community.  PeaceWorks is CiviCRM Bronze Partner.

* KWNPSA would like to recognize and thank PeaceWorks for its support of this month’s discussion.

* This is an ONLINE EVENT and a link to the meeting will be emailed to attendees closer to the discussion date.

Marc Paré, Steve Izma, Bob Jonkman
Co-Coordinators

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2020-06 The Top Digital Tools for Nonprofits

Posted on 4 June 2020 by Marc

*** NOTE the change in meeting date for this month. We are meeting on Thursday June 18th at 10AM (Region of Waterloo time) — RSVP only! See details below. ***

This month we return to our roots and our association with the NetSquared-TechSoup group and reflect on our coinciding missions. We join Eli van der Giessen, our Community Manager with NetSquared-Techsoup, in a webinar where we discuss the top digital tools for non-profits. Other non-profit groups have been invited to the webinar where many will share their use of tools within their own communities.

The webinar is RSVP only as it will be a large Zoom meeting with many attendees. Reserve your place early and we hope to see many of our KWNPSA members join in on the conversation.

WHEN: Thursday, June 18. 7:00 AM Pacific Time (find your local time: https://time.is/0700_18_June_2020_in_Vancouver/New_York/London/Nairobi/Accra/SGT/New_Delhi?showntell)

RSVP link: http://www.nptechclub.com/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1851&qid=42511

See you at the meeting!

KWNPSA Co-coordinators: Marc Paré, Steve Izma, Bob Jonkman

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2020-05 KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — May 11, 2020

Posted on 10 May 2020 by Marc

KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — May 11, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 virus spread, and, in keeping, as well as adhering to various governmental laws and suggestions re: avoiding any group gatherings, the May 11 KWNPSA meeting is cancelled. The KWNPSA will be exploring various options of online group meeting for future meetings.

We would like to express our sincerest sympathies to those who have succumbed to the virus and hope for a speedy recovery to those hospitalized and/or in quarantine.

Keep safe, practice social distancing, wash your hands often.

Marc, Steve and Bob

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2020-04 KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — April 13, 2020

Posted on 13 April 2020 by Marc

KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — April 13, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 virus spread, and, in keeping, as well as adhering to various governmental laws and suggestions re: avoiding any group gatherings, the April 13 KWNPSA meeting is cancelled. The KWNPSA will be exploring various options of online group meeting for future meetings.

We would like to express our sincerest sympathies to those who have succumbed to the virus and hope for a speedy recovery to those hospitalized and/or in quarantine.

Keep safe, practice social distancing, wash your hands often.

Marc, Steve and Bob

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2020-03 KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — March 09, 2020

Posted on 9 March 2020 by Marc

KWNPSA EVENT CANCELLED — March 09, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 virus spread, and, in keeping, as well as adhering to various governmental laws and suggestions re: avoiding any group gatherings, the April 13 KWNPSA meeting is cancelled. The KWNPSA will be exploring various options of online group meeting for future meetings.

We would like to express our sincerest sympathies to those who have succumbed to the virus and hope for a speedy recovery to those hospitalized and/or in quarantine.

Keep safe, practice social distancing, wash your hands often.

Marc, Steve and Bob

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2020-02 Colocation — Visit to DataCity – Waterloo Data Center

Posted on 10 February 2020 by Marc

Location: DataCity – Kitchener Waterloo Data Center, 440 Phillip Street, Waterloo
Date: Monday, 10 February 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM
*** Attendee limit: 20 members ***

Note: This month’s meeting is a “field-trip” held off-site at DataCity at its Waterloo Center. Location: DataCity – Kitchener Waterloo Data Center, 440 Phillip Street, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 5R9

Where are your servers? Is that really safe? Have you thought about professional hosting at a colocation site? What’s a colocation site? Who offers colocation services? What services do colocation sites offer? How much will all this cost? Can I still come visit my server when it’s been placed in a colocation site?

DataCity will provide the answers! Jody Wilson, Manager Datacenter Services, hosts our meeting and will offer us a tour of the facilities as well as answer questions from the group.

*** RESERVE your seat on our Meetup site:
https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/268291852/

See you at the meeting!

– Marc, Steve and Bob

 

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2020-01 Marking Up Text for Structured Documents

Posted on 13 January 2020 by Marc

Location: Room 1301 — Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N. · Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6 (bottom floor, in the hallway that connects the main building to the Chapel-Residence building)
Date: Monday, 13 January 2020
Time: 7:00-9:00PM

In October 2017 we discussed markup languages used by some members of the KWNPSA. In this iteration of the topic, long-time member Steve Izma discusses his use of markup languages in “real-world” circumstances throughout his professional career in publishing. Where documentation requires the need of serious structure, markup languages may be the right fit for the job.

This discussion will be a preliminary look at how logical document structure not only improves communication but also becomes an important archival format, allowing more programmable access to the content of documents over a variety of future contexts. While structured documents can be quite complex, markup systems allow for much simpler ways of creating and editing structured text. We will talk about how to keep the writing environment as uncluttered as possible so that the writer can concentrate on content creation and organization.

Steve, Bob and Marc

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