I am not convinced that communication of events (and a calendar is a communication mechanism) is part of the tasks of the ComDev office. Yes, the ComDev office can support projects on the howto. But such a mechanism should be owned by the MarPub office, and they should push.
Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:34 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > > >
