Come join with us for a day of learning, sharing, and collaboration open to anyone that is passionate about using, developing, or designing websites using Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) technology.

As advocates/users of Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, BackdropCMS, or any of the many other FLOSS CMSs available (or other FLOSS technologies), it’s easy to find ourselves on islands of our own making with others who share our technological choices. It’s easy to lose track of what is happening on all the other little islands around us.

This cross platform/technology learning event is designed to help us get off our islands and:

1) Compare and contrast the variety of FLOSS tools and platforms and how to choose the best option for our projects

2) Share information and lessons learned on topics of shared concern such as:

• Web accessibility
• Diversity and inclusion in FLOSS communities
• Data privacy
• Cross platform tools and libraries
• Devops, workflows, and hosting
• Ethical practices for web developers and site owners
• Open data
• Making a living with FLOSS tools
• Being human (and a developer)
• How to support and maintain a non-profit website on an open source (tiny) budget

3) Discuss the future of our respective FLOSS communities, the challenges we face, and how we might better collaborate

4) Make new connections with folks from other communities and who have complementary skills

We are structuring this event as an unconference, every user will have the opportunity to lead a discussion or suggest a topic of their choosing. Come prepared to participate, engage and share your knowledge. We all have knowledge to share.

There is a small registration fee to help cover the costs of lunch and snacks. If you would like to participate but are short of cash, please contact us about a complimentary ticket.

Thanks to Barry Madore for the photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/madore/7229050368/