Re: [guadec-list] conference software

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

FWIW, another option may be:

https://github.com/chrisjrn/symposion/
+
https://github.com/chrisjrn/registrasion/


I saw a website run by it this weekend that looks pretty neat:
https://2017.northbaypython.org/


On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 4:24 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova <
kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > https://github.com/openSUSE/travel-support-program, which will probably
> help
> > the travel committee when it comes to dealing with travel subsidies.  If
> all
> > of this comes integrated then we save a lot of time for everyone.
>
> We assessed it some time ago and decided that it didn't work how we
> needed it to.
>

Do you have any notes on what was missing?

It may be a good idea for us to do a wider assessment of what is truly
needed.

Best,
Nuritzi


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Re: [guadec-list] conference software

[Ekaterina Gerasimova]

On 21 October 2017 at 01:50, Sriram Ramkrishna  wrote:
> Hola Tobi!
>
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 2:54 AM Tobias Mueller 
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 01:26 +, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
>> > LAS is looking to move to a new conference software.  We would like to
>> > move to OSEM (http://osem.io/).  I realize there was some talk about
>> > using whatever FOSDEM is using, but honestly that software is 8 years
>> > old and nobody supports it.
>> What software are you talking about?
>
>
> I believe it was called pentabarf.  Github says it hasn't been touched in a
> long awhile.
>
>> Frab? I don't have the impression that it's neither unmaintained nor not
>> supported. In fact, it sets standards when it comes to an open format
>> for the conference's schedules.
>> https://github.com/frab/frab
>
>
> Nope, is that what fosdem is using?
>
>>
>>
>> From what I can see, it's used very extensively by important European
>> conferences (FOSDEM, FrOSCon, CCCongress, PrivacyWeek, ...).
>>
>> >   There is 5-6 dedicated people for OSEM.
>> But is anybody actually using it? Besides the people themselves for
>> openSuSE Conference.
>
>
> I believe small conferences like SeaGL is using it, and large conferences
> like AllThingsOpen is using it.  There are probably some other ones.
>
>>
>> >   So, I'm hoping to make an executive decision and move to OSEM.
>> What's your reasoning so far?
>>
>
> Mostly because I have to spin up a website for LAS very quickly and start
> working on call for papers and a number of other things.  I have a short
> deadlines since I am driving fundraising for htis conference.  If we are
> going to make fundraising goal for a spring conference (eg May) I don't have
> a lot of time.  The website is the current focal point.
>
> That said, I don't want to use something and then have GUADEC something
> else.  It makes no sense to have two conferences using different software so
> I want to push to have both GUADEC and LAS/GINA use the same software.  The
> other issue is that whatever we pick we are our on our own, from what I
> understand GNOME sysadmins won't support any other conference software other
> than whatever we used this year.  I wasn't happy with the experience and I
> don't believe it is a scalable process.  OSEM is attractive as that I will
> have support from a team and considering that we are co-locating two
> conferences in the same location there is a slight bit of complexity.  If I
> have to find hosting outside the GNOME infra, at least let me get it with
> someone who is working to help me and is eager to help.  But if both
> conferences use OSEM then perhaps we can convince sysadmin to host it on our
> infra.
>
> Lastly, we also have this -
> https://github.com/openSUSE/travel-support-program, which will probably help
> the travel committee when it comes to dealing with travel subsidies.  If all
> of this comes integrated then we save a lot of time for everyone.

We assessed it some time ago and decided that it didn't work how we
needed it to.

> In any case, I'm not excited by conference software, I'm interested in the
> shortest time to getting something spun up and get things moving and having
> the most support.  The good thing is that LAS will test any software before
> GUADEC and smooth things over for the next team.
>
>> > Secondly, GNOME.Asia has already used OSEM for the past couple of
>> > years.
>> wait, what?  This is plain wrong.
>
>
> It was true at some point, the OSEM website has GNOME logo as someone using
> their software.
>
> So, can we make a decision? :)
>
> sri
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Tobi
>
>
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Re: [guadec-list] conference software

[Ismael Olea]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Andreas Nilsson  wrote:


> Last time I used OSEM, it wasn't as straight forward to use as I would
> have hoped.
> Maybe it makes sense to take it for a trial run for LAS and then see if
> it makes sense to recommend it for the other conferences?
> Is the signup system in OSEM (and/or Pentabaf) very, how do I say it,
> concerned about itself? In the sense that it's overly formal, academic
> and complicated?
>


Just for the record:

We are setting up an OSEM instance for another event in 2018:
https://osem.cacharreo.club/

If someone wants to give it a sight I can give him/her admin access. We are
using master branch at main git repo.

About setting it up, well: it has some stupid bugs so took more than
expected to setting it up. Now we are starting to populate it with content.

About the sign up process seems to me to be straight forward. We expect to
activate the external OAuth autentication too,

-- 

Ismael Olea

http://olea.org/diario/
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