I loved the idea. Going to register now! πππππ
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 12:24 Michael Hall <mh...@gnome.org> wrote: > > On 08/13/2018 11:14 AM, Alexandre Franke wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 4:21 AM Michael Hall <mh...@gnome.org> wrote: > >> Hello Engagement Team, > > Hi, > > > >> With the next release of GNOME fast approaching, I wanted to extend an > >> invitation to use https://gettogeter.community/ as a way to grow the > >> local GNOME communities around the world, and bring them together to > >> celebrate the release. > > (Careful, there was a typo here: itβs https://gettogether.community/ > with an h) > > > > Looks good. I guess the plan would be to use this instead of the usual > > wiki pages. In that case, a bit of wiki gardening to reflect that > > direction would be a good idea. > > > > The privacy policy mentions possible collection of identifying data, > > but nothing about being able to get them erased. I *think* the website > > is not compliant with GDPR. What do you reckon? > > I used a generic privacy policy generator, because I'm not a lawyer and > I needed something in order to use external authentication systems :) > > GetTogether itself doesn't collect anything other than what you choose > to give it, and you can change that at any time. There's not currently a > way to delete your user account, but that can be added with a bit of > work. I'm not sure what all GDPR requires. > > >> GetTogether is a free and open source group event hosting platform that > >> was written with GNOME in mind, based on BoFs from GUADEC 2017. The > >> instance on https://gettogether.community/ is free for anybody to use, > >> and making it available to GNOME is my way of giving back to the > project. > > I am thankful for that! I want to encourage people around me to use > > it, but lack of localization is an issue. Is it on your roadmap? > Yes, it absolutely is! I have GetTogether setup in Transifex already, > and Django natively supports localization. But there is work needed to > go through the codebase and mark any strings for translation (it's very > hit or miss right now) > > > > > The service also looks like something the GNOME Foundation could more > > actively support. Even if itβs not GNOME branded (and I think it > > should remain so), it helps us with our mission. If the cost of > > running that service starts to be a problem for you, consider reaching > > out to the board of directors about it. > Thanks! Hosting is pretty cheap right now, and I have hopes to be able > to get recurring sponsorship (from GNOME and other orgs) to make it > sustainable and still free for all users. > > There is a longer-term goal to be able to host branded instances, so for > example events.gnome.org could point to a view that shows only GNOME > teams and events. It's also possible to host your own instance and > federate event data between them (what is federated is pretty limited > right now, but some contributors are looking into making it fully > ActivityPub compliant). > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > Michael Hall > mh...@gnome.org > > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > engagement-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > -- *Claudio Santoro* *GitHub Campus Expert / GitHub Ambassador* education.github.com/experts github.com/ovflowd +55 (061) 99924-1696 <//55061999241696>
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