[WebCom] event calendaring - Fw: [Free Map] Mumbai Free Map Workshop, 13-14 January

Arnulf Christl arnulf.christl at wheregroup.com
Thu Jan 11 13:49:45 EST 2007


Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> I agree.  I just manually moved Intergeo down into the past events 
> section.  I can set up a couple more content types - perhaps one for 
> news items and one for events.  Then we can test it out and see what 
> else we need for formatting, etc.
> 
> Does this sound good?  Let me know, otherwise I'll just pull together 
> some examples for discussion.
> 
> Tyler
> 
> On 3-Jan-07, at 1:49 AM, Jo Walsh wrote:
> 
>> dear all,
>>
>> Something i'd like to reinstate from the prototype on the new site
>> ASAP is event calendaring. This workshop below looks fascinating, and
>> should be promoted even as a reconstructable concept, but i feel
>> reluctant to post things like this to the main discuss list or to the
>> freegis list, as the proportion of all those hundreds of people who
>> will be near Mumbai at this time is pretty small.
>>
>> http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/event_archive/event_archive.html
>> is just a static page, i am presuming. At least the drupal calendar
>> has a little bit of builtin structural intelligence and doesn't need
>> manually updated to tell us that October 2006 is not in the future :)

Hi,
this calendar was what I was missing:
http://community.osgeo.org/en/event

Is it going to come back, can it be copied from osgeo.community.org? 

It had this cool feature of counting down the days until the next event promoted to the front page (Upcoming events). 

Arnulf. 

>> ----- Forwarded message from Shekhar Krishnan <shekhar at crit.org.in> -----
>>
>> Delivered-To: jo at vishnu.tridity.org
>> From: Shekhar Krishnan <shekhar at crit.org.in>
>> To: CRIT Members and Advisors <crit at lists.crit.org.in>,
>>     Mumbai Free Map Community GIS <freemap at lists.crit.org.in>
>> Organization: CRIT (Collective Research Initiatives Trust), Mumbai
>> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:12:14 +0530
>> Subject: [Free Map] Mumbai Free Map Workshop, 13-14 January
>> Precedence: list
>> Reply-To: Free Map Community GIS <freemap at lists.crit.org.in>
>>
>> Dear All:
>>
>> We plan to organise an intensive two-day workshop on the use of
>> geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial web applications
>> based on Free and Open Source software (FOSS). This public workshop will
>> be held on SATURDAY 13 JANUARY and SUNDAY 14 JANUARY 2007 at the Homi
>> Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) in Mumbai.
>>
>> The objective will be to teach and guide participants through all the
>> steps of producing an interactive spatial database and web map using the
>> OSGeo Toolkit. Through the workshop, participants will build their own
>> Free Map using a combination of open source software, copyleft maps, and
>> community information.
>>
>> The workshop is based on the Mumbai Free Map project collaboration, and
>> is co-organised by the Gnowledge Lab at HBCSE, CRIT (Collective Research
>> Initiatives Trust), the Free Map Collective and MetaCarta Labs. For more
>> detailed information about the workshop and any updates to the
>> programme, please visit http://wiki.freemap.in/moin.cgi/HbcseWorkshop
>> and to browse the Mumbai Free Map please visit http://mumbai.freemap.in
>>
>>
>> REGISTRATION
>>
>> The workshop is free and open to the public. Ideally, participants
>> should be familiar with the open source software and the Linux operating
>> system, web client-server architecture, basic database management, and
>> basic terminal commands -- we hope to cater to different skill sets and
>> backgrounds. Participants should also have an interest in the use of
>> OSGeo for their own work and projects.
>>
>> To register for the workshop, please send an e-mail to
>> freemapworkshop at crit.org.in with your name, address, and contact
>> information including phone numbers, and a brief description of your
>> background and your interest in the workshop. Registration will remain
>> open until WEDNESDAY 10 JANUARY, but please contact us ASAP if you would
>> like to participate. For more information, please call Shekhar Krishnan
>> on +91.98200.45529.
>>
>>
>> ORGANISERS
>>
>> Gnowledge Lab
>> http://www.gnowledge.org
>>
>> Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE)
>> http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in
>>
>> CRIT (Collective Research Initiatives Trust)
>> http://www.crit.org.in
>>
>> Freemap Collective
>> http://www.freemap.in
>>
>> MetaCarta Labs
>> http://labs.metacarta.com
>>
>> -- 
>> Shekhar Krishnan
>> 9, Supriya, 2nd Floor
>> Plot 709, Parsee Colony Road no.4
>> Dadar, Mumbai 400014
>> India
>>
>> http://www.mit.edu/~shekhar
>> http://www.heptanesia.net
>> http://www.crit.org.in/members/shekhar
>>
>>
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