[Design-team] Fedora Events Web app

Luya Tshimbalanga tshimulu at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 00:03:32 UTC 2012


Will it be possible to support email software like thunderbird?
On 2012-10-13 5:42 AM, "Elad Alfassa" <elad at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> Hello designers and ambassadors!
>
> A lot of people asked recently for a functioning Fedora event system.
This event system should replace the wiki pages we currently use to manage
events.
> I think we should implement this, because this will have many benefits
for us (and the ability to show the users nearby events on their homepage
is a great plus)
>
> What I imagine a perfect event system including is:
> Swag & budget management for ambassadors (instead of trac tickets)
> Exact time, date, map and any other special arrival instructions
> A free form text field for event information
> A list of Fedorian attendees of the event (every Fedorian should be able
to add himself as an atendee)
> Optional registration (in case the event is organized by the Fedora
community and not just a random event Fedora has a booth/stand at)
> Ability to attach event reports to the event page after the event is over
> RSS feeds for events filtered by area
> Tags/Categories (so it'll be easy to search events by type and field of
interest)
> Email notifications for events in your area that you can sign up for
> That's just what I can come up with now. What else would you like to see
in such an event system?
> Does anyone want to start designing it (with mockups and everything)?
Does anyone have the time to implement such system?
>
> Such event system will not only help ambassadors to organize events
better — it'll also help users to find events with Fedora presence in them,
which will surely help them become a part of the community and sooner or
later become contributors :)
>
> --
> -Elad Alfassa.
>
>
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