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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Pine W <[email protected]>
>> *To:* Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Cc:* Winifred Olliff <[email protected]>; Kacie Harold <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, April 16, 2016 7:45 PM
>> *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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