Beyond Code: A recipe for a long lasting, and relevant, open source project

Lessons Learned by the Plone Community Over More Than 25 Years of the Project
Presented on July 4, 2025, at PyCon Colombia

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1. Beyond Code A recipe for a long lasting, and relevant, open source project Érico Andrei
 https://ericof.com | @ericof@pynews.com.br | @ericof.com | @ericof
2. Quick survey
3. Raise your hand if you use Free / Open Source Software
4. Raise your hand if you contribute back
5. about:ericof
6. about:ericof@plone.org
7. about:plone
8. Plone is a CMS
9. Plone UX
11. https://6.docs.plone.org/install/
12. A bit of history
13. Plone is born
14. Rapid Growth
16. And then, they are gone…
17. But changes are expected
18. 2025, we are still here
19. Community
20. Life Happens
21. “People > Technology”
22. "Plone is a drinking community with a software problem”
23. Quick survey v2
24. Define: Contributions
25. Raise your hand if you contribute back
26. A healthy community
27. Needs you
28. Needs diversity
29. Needs human interaction
30. Needs clear rules
31. A final message
32. Tools, technologies will fade…
33. But friendships will remain
34. /ericof @ericof @ericof@pynews.com.br @ericof.com