[Board] Website for OSGeo Code Sprints

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all,
I like the idea! Personally I prefer a simple bolsena.sprints.osgeo.org and then list the different sprints from an index page. But a yearly changing one is also fine if that's the preferred option by other organizers. 
Cheers,
Jeroen

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Op 11 okt. 2013 om 00:01 heeft Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> het volgende geschreven:

> Hi all,
> 
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Daniel Morissette
> <dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
>> Hi Board, and TOSprint list members,
>> 
>> As we organize the Vienna Code Sprint (March 2014), we realized the need for
>> a proper website for the sprint to give some visibility to the sponsors in a
>> home that looks better than a raw wiki page.
>> 
>> We discussed this with Stephan who is organizing the Vienna sprint and they
>> setup a simple website for the sprint where the event summary and the
>> sponsors can be presented, and a link to the wiki is provided for people to
>> sign up, etc.
>> 
>> What I would like to suggest is that we start placing websites for our code
>> sprints, under a common umbrella which is easy to find by members of the
>> community. A few simple steps are involved, and I'd take the lead on them:
>> 
>> 1- Setup http://sprint.osgeo.org/ as a landing page to list current and past
>> sprints, similar to the current foss4g.org landing page listing current and
>> past foss4g's
> 
> Yes! We should consider to even set up the pages for the previous
> sprints to show that it is an established way of thinking and
> developing.
> 
>> 2- Then use subdomains for each sprint's website as we do for FOSS4G each
>> year. The Vienna 2014 sprint URL would be
>> http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/ (the actual website setup by Stephan
>> will be hosted on github, so no hosting requirements are involved, just a
>> DNS entry pointing to it)
> 
> +1
> 
>> 3- If you get the idea, then we could also eventually invite other OSGeo
>> sprints to join under the same umbrella, e.g. bolsena2014.sprint.osgeo.org,
>> and so on for GRASS and QGIS sprints, etc.
> 
> +1 (will be forthcoming for sure)
> 
> one issue is how to handle multiple sprints in one year while avoiding
> too long names?
> Would this be ok?
> 
> http://grass2013genova.sprint.osgeo.org/
> http://grass2013prague.sprint.osgeo.org/
> 
>> I don't think we need a formal motion of the board for this, so I am mostly
>> sending this as an FYI expressing my interest to move forward with this
>> proposal unless I hear objections or suggestions of better alternatives.
> 
> 
> Excellent!
> 
> Markus
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