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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">All,</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I've been using Thunderbird Email for quite a while, and the recent incorporation of Calender into it prompts me to ask can a CAL service be setup, or maybe even added into an IRC channel, which pops into Thunderbird automatically for all channels I'm on.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Thanks</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">bobb</font> </p>
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>>> Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com> wrote:<br> </p>
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Tyler Mitchell wrote:<br>><br>> On 2010-10-29, at 4:34 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>><br>>> Tyler,<br>>> Is it possible to add extra fields into the feed?<br>><br>> Definitely - can add them anytime.<br>><br>> To add new event items you log into drupal with your osgeo user id:<br>> <a href="http://osgeo.org/user">http://osgeo.org/user</a><br>><br>> Then add new content through the menu system.  e.g.<br>> <a href="http://osgeo.org/node/add">http://osgeo.org/node/add</a><br>><br>> If "Event" is shown as an option there, then you already have<br>> permissions.  Let me know. <br>> cc'ing Frank since he and I have traditionally done the event postings.<br>>  Adding another person or two would help, we just have to make sure we<br>> don't step on each others toes.  We usually cc: each other with any<br>> responses to emails from event owners, to let each other know who is<br>> posting the item.  If that makes sense...<br><br>Cameron,<br><br>Full details on how the news and events queues is documented<br>at:<br><br>   <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/News_Queue">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/News_Queue</a><br><br>>> Information I think we should have:<br>>><br>>> * Event Name<br>>> * Start<br>>> * End<br>>> * Location<br>>> * URL of Conference<br><br>The above are already included in event listings.<br><br>>> * OSGeoAttending? (Yes, No, Undecided)<br><br>We do make an effort to note OSGeo special guests, etc.<br><br>>>   Note, it is important to list big non-Open GeoSpatial conferences so<br>>> we can avoid clashing dates<br><br>The events listing tries to only list events with some open source<br>geospatial connection of note.  It does not exist as a calendar for<br>scheduling other events.<br><br>>> * OSGeoWikiURL for this conference<br><br>I'm not convinced this internal information is appropriate.  But<br>in cases where it is it could be included in the text.<br><br>>> And what is the process for adding events to the RSS feed source? I<br>>> can add some items.<br><br>I would note that the number of people posting is deliberately kept modest<br>to ensure some degree of consistency.  If you would like to be news editor,<br>I'd be pleased to step down.  I've been less than proactive in the role.<br><br>A motion to WebCom would likely be appropriate.  Likewise, non-trivial<br>changes in how the news queue works should likely be discussed at least<br>briefly on webcom.<br><br>Best regards,<br>--<br>---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------<br>I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam@pobox.com<br>light and sound - activate the windows | <a href="http://pobox.com/~warmerdam">http://pobox.com/~warmerdam</a><br>and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Programmer for Rent<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Marketing mailing list<br>Marketing@lists.osgeo.org<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing</a><br>
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