Might be worth looking at Calagator. It was developed for Portland's tech community, open source I believe, and last I knew their intention was to make a more general product. I've been out of touch since about 2009 though. Pete On Apr 17, 2016 8:36 PM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaus-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GLAM-US mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us >> >> > _______________________________________________ > GLAM-US mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us > >
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