Hi Erika,
Let's calendar a meeting about calendars. I'll contact you off-list.
Thanks!
Pine
On Apr 17, 2016 05:35, "Erika Herzog" <erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Pine,
Beyond Google calendar -- which has great functionality including copying
events to other calendars, color coding, etc. and also integrates with
mobile phone platforms well -- I think that there haven't been any other
good options. The more tech-versed folks over on Phabricator didn't seem to
have any either, which meant I think they were talking about potentially
building something eventually?
I'm happy to discuss end-user functionality and how our chapter, which is
very active, uses Google calendar but I'm not sure of other alternatives. I
have been looking for a solution for a long time for my own personal use
and for another volunteer organization that puts on a very complex
conference as well as global events -- to no success. I haven't found
another option. Google calendar seems to be it.
Best,
- Erika
On Apr 17, 2016, at 3:11 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Erika,
Thanks for commenting. Since you're familiar with this issue, I'm
wondering if you have any alternatives to Google and other proprietary
software that you can recommend. Can we set up a time to discuss this via
Hangouts or IRC? We can have an open meeting so that others can join if
they wish.
Cheers,
Pine
On Apr 16, 2016 18:39, "Erika Herzog" <erika_herzog(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I was unable to edit or add events to this
calendar. It does not seem to
be functional to the casual user?
Calendaring is a huge issue. For Wikimedia NYC we are currently using
Google calendars (one public calendar that lists many global tech events,
and one private calendar for planning of tentative events).
There has been an active discussion on Phabricator here about the need
for a good solution for the many events.
Consolidate the many tech events calendars in Phabricator's calendar:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T1035
Phabricator calendar
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/calendar/
Ideally open-sourced calendaring could be integrated better with
Wikimedia projects, but this is not happening now as far as I can tell.
Folks are welcome to use the WM NYC calendar if that's helpful -- located
in the footer of the light orange box on our main Meetup page here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC -- or possibly copy
events into another calendar? That might be a great option, though from
experience maintaining calendars can be time consuming.
I also set up a calendar at one point for the existing Art+Feminism
events here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism but due to
lack of support it was abandoned about 7/8ths of the way through...
Feedback, solutions, suggestions would be much appreciated.
Best,
- Erika
Erika Herzog
Secretary, Wikimedia NYC
User:BrillLyle
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*Subject:* [Wikimediaus-l] Wikimedia US public calendar
Hi folks,
In an effort to make scheduling easier for everyone, I set up an
unofficial public calendar for US Wikimedia events:
http://localendar.com/public/Wikimedia_US
Nice features:
* You can add events as you wish, which will appear on the public
calendar once an admin approves the posts. Feel free to add events from
local affiliates. Please note the location of each event *in the name of
the event*. If an event is online/virtual, you can say "online".
* You can click on an event, which will create a popup that will let you
export the event to your choice of calendar formats.
There's no obligation to post events here, but I hope that this tool will
be convenient for everyone. This is an experiment and comments are welcome.
Pine
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