On 10 April 2015 at 23:26, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015, Rich Bowen wrote: > >> 1) What other calendars are out there, and what can we do to consolidate >> them? >> > > I tried to consolodate everything to the "official" Apache Events calendar > as maintained in google docs + displayed on the comdev site, and a Lanyrd > conferene guide which was for wider "Apache related" events which anyone > could add to: > http://lanyrd.com/guides/apache-software-and-technologies/ > > The Lanyrd group did well for a bit, but hasn't seen that much traction > lately, possibly because it isn't that well advertised. Concom was axed > before we finished consolodating onto the google calendar + events site, > which is probably why there are so many odd/other ones still around > > 2) How can we get PMCs to put their events in that consolidated calendar, >> once it exists, so that we don't have all of these last-minute event >> surprises, and, also, so that we can help in promoting our communities' >> events? >> > > How about we create a conference committee, and give them the role? ;-) > > Seriously though, we probably need to finalise/review the rules on what > events go where (eg can an event with lots of Apache Projects at it go on > the "main" one, or do they have to go elsewhere eg Lanyrd), then zap the > old other calendars, then write up some more on how to add to the > calendar(s) we have + how to add them to your site, then publicise. > I am all for that ALL apache events small and big go into the calendar, that way it becomes THE place to see what is happening in the apache world.
> > Adding events for those with karma is easy for both the google calendar > and lanyrd, what we're lacking is examples of easy ways for people to > display them on their PMC / other sites. Without people using them, it's > hard to get people enthusied in updating them, especially without a > dedicated committee pushing it... > Google calendar can be very easy embedded on other pages, even with a filter showing only the project in question. We could use the category field as project name. We do have a dedicated project. This is community development, and that is comDev. rgds jan I. > > Nick >
