Long-time Plone developer Richard Amerman of 7TechNW.com, based in Vancouver, WA (just across the river from Portland, OR), is now leading Plone training classes.  He's launching his first two classes in August.  Here are the details:

Plone System Administration

Dates: 15 August 2006 - 17 August 2006

A Plone training specifically designed for system administrators. Learn the basics of Plone and Zope while focusing on system support and administration tasks needed to keep this system running smoothly.

http://www.7technw.com/training/t-padmin01-f

Build by Design: Rapid Product Dev for Plone using ArchGenXML

Dates: 29 August 2006 - 31 August 2006

Many of you have been interested in ArchGenXML for some time. You may have seen a demo of it first hand at some event, read something about it online, or seen one of a few pod-casts that show off this amazing technology as the demonstrator cranks out a new Plone product almost faster than you can follow. This technology is not actually magical, does allow a developer to quickly visualize an idea and move it into a working product very quickly. This tool is the product of the hard work and dedication of many key developers in the Plone community. Every user has a different perspective on how it fits into their tool-set, and how deep down the rabbit hole they tend to plunge, but all will agree that it is a key feather in the Plone development community's hat.

We will be spending most of three days delving into all aspects of this tool. Every student will leave with both first hand knowledge of the capabilities of this tool, and personal experience in its use. We will also explore other related tools including the future replacement of ArchGenXML, Genesis.

We will start with a foundation that will allow you to best capitalize on the benefits ArchGenXML has to offer, starting with a quick reminder of what it means to be a product in Plone, then an overview of Archetypes, and then into an introduction to UML. This foundation will give us a solid base from which to build our understanding of ArchGenXML.