Re: Marketing Calendar
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We have a GNOME community calendar in Google. Maybe we could use that? Thanks Stormy, this does exactly what we need in terms of functionality. Nice to pick something up that already has people signed up to it, too. I'd like to add events to the calendar (hackfests, conferences, release dates) as well as marketing planning dates (when to start preparing release materials, when to post news stories, etc). I hope that's OK. Sounds great! I've added some events and TODO items to the calendar, and I've linked to it from the marketing wiki pages. Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Marketing Calendar
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We have a GNOME community calendar in Google. Maybe we could use that? Thanks Stormy, this does exactly what we need in terms of functionality. Nice to pick something up that already has people signed up to it, too. I'd like to add events to the calendar (hackfests, conferences, release dates) as well as marketing planning dates (when to start preparing release materials, when to post news stories, etc). I hope that's OK. Sounds great! Stormy -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Marketing Calendar
Hi folks, A little while ago we spoke about setting up a calendar for GNOME marketing. I think this is really needed. (The key requirement for the calendar is that different people can subscribe to it and receive updates as events are added and modified.) We've been testing a Wordpress plugin on the gnome.org test site but I'm not getting the behaviour we need (indeed, I can't subscribe to it from my Google Calendar at all). Does anyone have any bright ideas for how to set up a shared calendar? Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Marketing Calendar
We have a GNOME community calendar in Google. Maybe we could use that? I don't know how the find the public url for a Google calendar and I'm in meetings for the rest of the day (but can try later ...), but I invited you to it ... Stormy On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, A little while ago we spoke about setting up a calendar for GNOME marketing. I think this is really needed. (The key requirement for the calendar is that different people can subscribe to it and receive updates as events are added and modified.) We've been testing a Wordpress plugin on the gnome.org test site but I'm not getting the behaviour we need (indeed, I can't subscribe to it from my Google Calendar at all). Does anyone have any bright ideas for how to set up a shared calendar? Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Marketing Calendar
Hi you can make your google calendar public or available for selected people here are some links on how to obtain calendar link [calendar address] http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=37104 [Find your calendar address] http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=37103topic=1672529ctx=topic [all calendar how to's] http://support.google.com/calendar/?hl=en On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We have a GNOME community calendar in Google. Maybe we could use that? I don't know how the find the public url for a Google calendar and I'm in meetings for the rest of the day (but can try later ...), but I invited you to it ... Stormy On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, A little while ago we spoke about setting up a calendar for GNOME marketing. I think this is really needed. (The key requirement for the calendar is that different people can subscribe to it and receive updates as events are added and modified.) We've been testing a Wordpress plugin on the gnome.org test site but I'm not getting the behaviour we need (indeed, I can't subscribe to it from my Google Calendar at all). Does anyone have any bright ideas for how to set up a shared calendar? Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- Akshay vyas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Marketing Calendar
We had several people opposed to using Google, which is why we headed in another direction- but have not been able to find a good alternative. The Google calendar plugin would be the easiest solution, so it may come down to a philosophical discussion unless someone has another viable option. I hope we end up with something that satisfies everyone. Christy On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Akshay Vyas akshayvya...@gmail.com wrote: Hi you can make your google calendar public or available for selected people here are some links on how to obtain calendar link [calendar address] http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=37104 [Find your calendar address] http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=37103topic=1672529ctx=topic [all calendar how to's] http://support.google.com/calendar/?hl=en On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We have a GNOME community calendar in Google. Maybe we could use that? I don't know how the find the public url for a Google calendar and I'm in meetings for the rest of the day (but can try later ...), but I invited you to it ... Stormy On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, A little while ago we spoke about setting up a calendar for GNOME marketing. I think this is really needed. (The key requirement for the calendar is that different people can subscribe to it and receive updates as events are added and modified.) We've been testing a Wordpress plugin on the gnome.org test site but I'm not getting the behaviour we need (indeed, I can't subscribe to it from my Google Calendar at all). Does anyone have any bright ideas for how to set up a shared calendar? Allan -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- Akshay vyas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Marketing Calendar
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We have a GNOME community calendar in Google. Maybe we could use that? Thanks Stormy, this does exactly what we need in terms of functionality. Nice to pick something up that already has people signed up to it, too. I'd like to add events to the calendar (hackfests, conferences, release dates) as well as marketing planning dates (when to start preparing release materials, when to post news stories, etc). I hope that's OK. I don't know how the find the public url for a Google calendar and I'm in meetings for the rest of the day (but can try later ...), but I invited you to it ... There's html [1], xml [2] and ical [3] Allan [1] https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mdnrfqhbsjn37b6sgad089qmak%40group.calendar.google.comctz=Europe/London [2] https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/mdnrfqhbsjn37b6sgad089qmak%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic [3] https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/mdnrfqhbsjn37b6sgad089qmak%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics -- IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: marketing calendar
On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Tobias Mueller mue...@cryptobitch.de wrote: Bonjour :) On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 07:11:25PM -0600, Christy Eller wrote: Yes, but I think what Allan was looking for was a reminder email. Well, it should be rather easy to convert Events from a standard format like ical to emails. So if you provide a .ical file, one can parse that rather easily and send emails based on the results. My requirements: * Integration with common email clients (Google, Evolution, Thunderbird, etc) - I want to see the marketing calendar alongside my existing calendar * Ability to edit the calendar - updated should get passed out to clients I don't see a need for email reminders right now and, as Tobi suggests, I assume that people will be able to set up email reminders based on the calendar, should they want them. In the meeting we discussed the possibility of a calendar hosted on Wordpress or an .ics file hosted on the GNOME infrastructure. Wordpress would probably lower the barrier to editing for many contributors. However, I do have a couple of concerns there: * Not exposing the calendar too much on the site. gnome.org is for public consumption, and this calendar is very much for internal purposes only (as much as we ever have something that is internal) * Keeping track of changes. It would be annoying if changes were made to the calendar and it wasn't clear what those changes were or who had made them. This is a problem that Git and the GNOME infrastructure has solved... Allan -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: marketing calendar
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:47, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Tobias Mueller mue...@cryptobitch.de wrote: Bonjour :) Bonjour ! On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 07:11:25PM -0600, Christy Eller wrote: Yes, but I think what Allan was looking for was a reminder email. Well, it should be rather easy to convert Events from a standard format like ical to emails. So if you provide a .ical file, one can parse that rather easily and send emails based on the results. My requirements: * Not exposing the calendar too much on the site. Why? Isn't GNOME an open collaborative project? gnome.org is for public consumption, and this calendar is very much for internal purposes only (as much as we ever have something that is internal) * Keeping track of changes. It would be annoying if changes were made to the calendar and it wasn't clear what those changes were or who had made them. This is a problem that Git and the GNOME infrastructure has solved... Allan -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: marketing calendar
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Luc Pionchon pionchon@gmail.com wrote: ... * Not exposing the calendar too much on the site. Why? Isn't GNOME an open collaborative project? gnome.org is the first point of contact before people get into the nitty gritty. A calendar on there could appear as if it has general significance for the whole project, rather than being specific to the work done by the marketing team. I'm just saying that the calendar should be exposed in the appropriate place. Allan -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: marketing calendar
Bonjour :) On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 07:11:25PM -0600, Christy Eller wrote: Yes, but I think what Allan was looking for was a reminder email. Well, it should be rather easy to convert Events from a standard format like ical to emails. So if you provide a .ical file, one can parse that rather easily and send emails based on the results. HTH, Tobi -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
marketing calendar
Well, after spending way too much time looking, I have discovered that there are many awesome Wordpress calendar plugins, but NONE of them send email reminders, EXCEPT for the Google Calendar plugin :) There is one pay version of an events calendar that does, but it is very complex and way overkill for what we need and missing some features we would want. I would be fine with using the Google calendar plugin (it lets you populate your calendar from inside your website, so you don't have to go to Google to use it), but I understand the objections some folks have. There are free online calendars that send reminders. We could link to one from the website, so we wouldn't have to remember a separate URL. Here is one of those: http://www.mymemorizer.com/ Wish I had the perfect solution. Other suggestions? Christy -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: marketing calendar
Could we write a script to notice changes and send a note out to a specific mailing list? Emily On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Christy Eller iamchristyel...@gmail.comwrote: Well, after spending way too much time looking, I have discovered that there are many awesome Wordpress calendar plugins, but NONE of them send email reminders, EXCEPT for the Google Calendar plugin :) There is one pay version of an events calendar that does, but it is very complex and way overkill for what we need and missing some features we would want. I would be fine with using the Google calendar plugin (it lets you populate your calendar from inside your website, so you don't have to go to Google to use it), but I understand the objections some folks have. There are free online calendars that send reminders. We could link to one from the website, so we wouldn't have to remember a separate URL. Here is one of those: http://www.mymemorizer.com/ Wish I had the perfect solution. Other suggestions? Christy -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr.Seuss Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: marketing calendar
Yes, but I think what Allan was looking for was a reminder email. For instance, a list is notified 3 days before a certain event or obligation occurs, rather than when an event is added to the calendar. Is that right Allan? Christy On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Emily Gonyer emilyyr...@gmail.com wrote: Could we write a script to notice changes and send a note out to a specific mailing list? Emily On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Christy Eller iamchristyel...@gmail.comwrote: Well, after spending way too much time looking, I have discovered that there are many awesome Wordpress calendar plugins, but NONE of them send email reminders, EXCEPT for the Google Calendar plugin :) There is one pay version of an events calendar that does, but it is very complex and way overkill for what we need and missing some features we would want. I would be fine with using the Google calendar plugin (it lets you populate your calendar from inside your website, so you don't have to go to Google to use it), but I understand the objections some folks have. There are free online calendars that send reminders. We could link to one from the website, so we wouldn't have to remember a separate URL. Here is one of those: http://www.mymemorizer.com/ Wish I had the perfect solution. Other suggestions? Christy -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr.Seuss Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
