The guys over at Premium WPMU Dev have updated their Ning to BuddyPress user importer to include an avatar scraper, a better UI, and a few other odds and ends.
You’ll need to pay at least $79 to get it, but you’ll also get access to the rest of their commercial plugins.
Posted by John James Jacoby on April 19, 2010
http://ningtobp.org/2010/04/19/commercial-solution-from-premium-wpmu-dev/
Boone has delivered on his promise to update his Ning importer for WordPress, and this time around has included the option to import Ning profile fields into BuddyPress profiles.
Read more about it on Boone’s website!
Posted by John James Jacoby on April 18, 2010
http://ningtobp.org/2010/04/18/ning-importer-now-with-buddypress-support/
We’d like to hear your stories, and we’d like to help you in any way we can (if you need it, of course.) 
Drop us a comment here, or send me a PM over on BuddyPress.org if you’d like to remain anonymous. I know there’s quite a few freelance BuddyPress developers out there, and maybe we can partner you up with someone to help you get started.
Posted by John James Jacoby on April 16, 2010
http://ningtobp.org/2010/04/16/call-to-ex-ning-developers/
Boone B. Gorges, an independent WordPress and BuddyPress guru, has just announced his first stab at a data importer to get your Ning users setup inside of WordPress.
As of right now, it does not have any BuddyPress-specific functionality. But the data that it does import – display name, username, email address – are enough to populate at least the beginnings of a BuddyPress profile. The next thing to add is the auto-import of certain profile fields. I might try to do this tomorrow.
To stay up to date with the progress of this plugin, be sure to check back here or to his blog for more details.
Posted by John James Jacoby on April 15, 2010
http://ningtobp.org/2010/04/15/first-round-at-ning-data-import-to-buddypress/
Welcome to Ning to BuddyPress!
In light of today’s announcement on the Ning website, several volunteers have stepped up to start coding tools to help transition your existing Ning data to a BuddyPress powered WordPress installation.
I’m going to stay on top of things as they develop so there is an unofficial resource for everyone that’s looking for help transitioning.
Keep it locked!
Posted by John James Jacoby on April 15, 2010
http://ningtobp.org/2010/04/15/wowsers/
