[Board] Website for OSGeo Code Sprints

[Jeff McKenna]

Oops, a better example:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:C_Tribe_Code_Sprint  There are also
Bolsena categories, QGIS, etc.  So the admin of this new proposed
structure can find them all.  A single web page promoting our sprints is
definitely needed.

-jeff



On 2013-10-10 2:05 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Excellent! A great way to promote our sprints.  I recently went through
> all our sprint wiki pages and created new categories for C-sprints and
> others so they are nicely linked all together
> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Code_Sprints), but that work isn't
> wasted as now they can be easily found for this new structure proposed.
>  Love it.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> On 2013-10-10 1:05 PM, Daniel Morissette 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
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> 
> 


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