Author: Gerry Kirk

Plone 1% manifesto

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Lately I’ve been coaching a team with the talented Jordan Baker and Rob Jackiewicz of Scryent, the driving force behind Plone in the Toronto area. When they left for the just finished Plone Conference 2009, I wished I was going with them, not so much because of Plone (though I did watch some of the talks online – 4.0 looks awesome thanks to Dexterity and Deco) but because of the amazing community that surrounds the product.

Last May I shared a commitment to give 1% of all Plone-related earnings this year to the Plone Foundation. I was inspired to give after reconnecting with friends in the Plone community at the 2009 Plone Symposium East, as a way to give back to a community that has given me so much.

Time to tally up the total thus far me thought, and to some surprise discovered most of my coaching work this year has Plone connections: Web Collective, training at Plone Symposium East, Good Steward who attended the training, and now Scryent.

That 1% is now over $500, with two months left in the year. Looking forward to leaving a cheque in the Foundation’s Christmas stocking.

If you are looking for a financial way to give back, come join me in this manifesto.

The future of Plone looks bright because there are caring, talented, committed people behind it. Hope to see some of you again, maybe at the next North American Symposium.

Cut the crap, here is the real situation behind H1N1 and other pandemics

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Cut the crap, here is the real situation behind H1N1 and other pandemics:

What are the root causes of pandemics? Why is the public being scared and cajoled into taking a vaccine they know little about? What is a more holistic way that everyday people can look after themselves for stuff like H1N1 and other viruses?

This comes from Dr. Tracy Folkard, the most intelligent health practitioner I have ever met. Thankfully she is our family naturopathic doctor.

She ends with a call to action, one that I can aspire to:

“With all the known research on natural antiviral treatments it is my opinion that we should stop the fear mongering and give people back a sense of control over their health through proper health education. This in turn would stimulate both social and environmental change. Stop relying on medical ignorance as the sole means to an end. Regain power over your health. Your body will reward you by feeling happier, healthier, energized, confident, and stronger the more you commit to a healthy lifestyle.”