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<span>Stefano Maffulli wrote:</span><br>
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<pre wrap="">On 08/03/2016 09:36 AM, Jimmy McArthur wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">We're already collecting this information by adding Regional as well as
City, State, Country fields into the Event registration on
openstack.org. Still on the list to coordinate with groups.openstack.org
to make sure we're gathering / passing the same information.
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One of the intentions of groups.openstack.org was to become the
canonical source of all community events: it has all the capabilities
needed, from home pages for each group, role management, calendars, and
more. Working groups could use it, too, as it could be a lot nicer to
use than the wiki.</pre>
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The site came out of a need to aggregate in one place *automatically*
events created by groups anywhere they existed (meetup.com, google
groups, etc) and provide groups with alternatives to meetup.com and
aspired to be more like the social network for openstack users, a tool
to get to know our users wherever they are.</pre>
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I'm not sure openstack.org/Events aspires to be a social network
for openstack users. But definitely to be at least A definitive list (if
not THE) of community activities.
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<pre wrap=""> Its development has never
been fast, resources always too limited. In its current form it's
nothing more than a pretty map and a couple of static pages.</pre>
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It is a very pretty map :) <br>
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Since groups.openstack.org was launched, a lot of features have been
added *also* to openstack.org/community/events and that seem to create
confusion, and duplicate entries (for example, OpenStack Days Silicon
Vallye appears twice now --once entered from
openstack.org/community/events/post-an-event and once imported via
meetup.com to groups.o.o).</pre>
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Yeah, agreed. Initially the Foundation Events page was just to promote
the Summit and Foundation events. Then we started ingesting events from
the Groups feed, along with a couple of other spots. We're definitely
duplicating efforts in a couple of places and it takes a little bit of
management to make sure things are properly pruned.<br>
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I would love to start a conversation about about how the page could
become more useful for the community. <br>
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I would suggest to check if groups.openstack.org at this point is still
needed or if its resources should be put somewhere else.</pre>
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That's a larger discussion, but if there is any way I can help on this,
let me know. As mentioned, Events was not meant to replace
groups.openstack.org. Merely a place for newcomers to find event info on
the openstack.org site. As we've grown to do hackathons, expanded
OpenStack Days, PTGS, etc..., we're finding that more and more real
estate is needed, along with an improved user experience. <br>
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If there is a desire to shut down groups.openstack.org, we should talk
about how, and if, we can help fill that gap.<br>
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/stef
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