[FOSS4G-Oceania] Website CFP pages - please check

[Alex Leith]

There's already a top level 'sponsors' menu... do we need to repeat that?

Setting up some way of capturing volunteers is a good one, too.

On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 12:43 Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu> wrote:

> Call and the other pages looks good to me.
>
> Agree that it could all (registration as well as call for papers) go under
> one tab of "Participation".
>
> Plus I think we need a page under here for "Volunteers" with info of how
> to volunteer on the day... This would be useful to have out at the same
> time as the registration opens, as there is one discounted volunteer price
> so it would be good for people to know how they can apply
> to be a volunteer, and what is expected of volunteers for the discount.
> Probably also need a page here for "Sponsor" too?
>
> Sarah
>
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 12:02, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I've placed some information on registration here:
>> https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/registration
>>
>> It's currently under a heading called 'Attend'. Happy to change this
>> around if we need.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 10:26 Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Aha, ok.
>>>
>>> Let's draft a page. For sure.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 10:26 Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think opening is different to advertising prices. I am just after a
>>>> manu with ticket items and prices. The registration itself is on a separate
>>>> page usually.
>>>>
>>>> For instance:
>>>>
>>>> http://giscience.org/ has a menu item Participation/Registraiton where
>>>> you find info, and a link to whichever arcane ticketing system.
>>>>
>>>> M.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>
>>>> *Date: *Monday, 18 June 2018 at 10:24 am
>>>> *To: *Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>
>>>> *Cc: *Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com>, John Bryant <
>>>> johnwbryant at gmail.com>, Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com>, "
>>>> foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>,
>>>> Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] Website CFP pages - please check
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Martin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Our plan is to open registration next Monday.
>>>>
>>>> We could open earlier... it should all be in place and ready to go.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 10:20 Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I do not think this will work for the academic stream. These dates have
>>>> been iterated over for quite a while, and there is not much beef left…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John, small comments:
>>>>
>>>>    - Menu title change suggestion : submissions -> participation
>>>>    (submissions is what you look for when you look for the submission form).
>>>>    - We still do not have a menu item for registration, and we did not
>>>>    advertise prices. These must go out ASAP< people are asking.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looks good, otherwise!
>>>>
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
>>>> behalf of Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com>
>>>> *Date: *Monday, 18 June 2018 at 10:17 am
>>>> *To: *John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>>>> *Cc: *Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com>, "
>>>> foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>,
>>>> Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com>
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] Website CFP pages - please check
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 12:27 AM, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Comments please! This is a critical piece. Website here:
>>>> https://foss4g-oceania.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Great work pulling the content and forms together!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regarding the dates - we're allowing approx 2.5 months to submit
>>>> abstracts at the moment. The feedback we've received indicates that
>>>> submissions are usually very last minute.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think we could bring the deadline forward to July 30 and offer an
>>>> extension of a couple of weeks once we hit that deadline, to increase the
>>>> sense of urgency. I hope that we'd receive more abstracts earlier by doing
>>>> it that way.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if that works for the academic stream though? It would be
>>>> nice to have consistent dates across the board so that there is no
>>>> confusion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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