Fwd: [libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally and locally

2017-06-28 Thread Daniel Pocock

I recently posted this on LibrePlanet and in response people shared
various resources[10] tracking events.  Are there any more examples
people could share?


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Regards,

Daniel


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https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-06/msg00051.html


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Subject: [libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally
and locally
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 22:19:50 +0200
From: Daniel Pocock 
To: LibrePlanet Discuss 



One of the biggest concerns people have about leaving platforms like
Facebook and Meetup is that they fear they will miss out on events.  I
just put up another blog[1] about this topic in fact.

What tools do we have for sharing data about events in other ways?

For example, are there any free software tools that make it easy to send
birthday invitations using iCalendar (.ics) email attachments and is
this an option for mainstream use?

For larger or more public events, what could be done to gather and
distribute data effectively in iCalendar HTTP feeds, similar to the way
that Planet software aggregates and distributes RSS?  If we could use
such techniques effectively for events in the free software world (and
the IT industry in general), it would provide a useful model for other
communities.

I recently used search engines to try and find out about events and
dragged up a bunch of sites, some local, some international:

http://freie-termine.ch/
https://www.ch-open.ch/events/aktuelle-events/
http://www.ossroadmap.ch/
https://fsfe.org/events/events.en.html
https://opensource.com/resources/conferences-and-events-monthly?month=2017-07
https://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu
https://lists.debian.org/debian-events-na
https://lists.debian.org/debian-events-apac
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events?rd=FedoraEvents

but clearly there are far more events out there, just in the free
software world, that don't appear in any of these sites.

Regards,

Daniel


1. https://danielpocock.com/how-did-the-world-ever-work-without-facebook

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Re: Fwd: [libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally and locally

2017-06-28 Thread Matthias Kirschner

* Daniel Pocock [2017-06-28 09:19 +0200]:


I recently posted this on LibrePlanet and in response people shared
various resources[10] tracking events.  Are there any more examples
people could share?


I assume you mean mainly Free Software events, right? (Because meanwhile
the FSFE is also present at non-software events with booths.)

I would add https://lwn.net/Calendar/ and for speakers (or those who
want to become speakers) https://lwn.net/Calendar/Monthly/cfp/

What's also missing in German, but not limited to German events
http://www.pro-linux.de/kalender/index1.html

I just remembered http://grical.org/ but I don't know how active it is
anymore. 


(I heard from an organisation that they are currently planing to create
a new aggregator for events about surveillance, privacy, Free Software,
Open Hardware, etc. in Germany.)

Regards,
Matthias

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Re: Fwd: [libreplanet-discuss] cataloguing free software events globally and locally

2017-06-28 Thread Daniel Pocock


On 28/06/17 09:45, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
> * Daniel Pocock [2017-06-28 09:19 +0200]:
> 
>> I recently posted this on LibrePlanet and in response people shared
>> various resources[10] tracking events.  Are there any more examples
>> people could share?
> 
> I assume you mean mainly Free Software events, right? (Because meanwhile
> the FSFE is also present at non-software events with booths.)
> 

That is an interesting point.  There is no reason not to use the same
technology and databases to catalogue non-IT related events where free
software communities have a presence.  Whatever technical solutions we
develop and use for this would ideally work for any type of event.

> I would add https://lwn.net/Calendar/ and for speakers (or those who
> want to become speakers) https://lwn.net/Calendar/Monthly/cfp/
> 

CFP is a very good point to.  It would actually be really interesting to
try and build a system that presents registration deadlines and CFPs as
tasks (VTODO objects with deadlines) in iCalendar feed so that if people
see something they want to do, they can import it into their task list
with a click.


> What's also missing in German, but not limited to German events
> http://www.pro-linux.de/kalender/index1.html
> 
> I just remembered http://grical.org/ but I don't know how active it is
> anymore.
> (I heard from an organisation that they are currently planing to create
> a new aggregator for events about surveillance, privacy, Free Software,
> Open Hardware, etc. in Germany.)
> 

Thanks for suggesting these too.

Regards,

Daniel
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