Re: Please add "sumbit event" to /about/eventarchive

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Chander Ganesan <chander(at)otg-nc(dot)com>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Subject: Re: Please add "sumbit event" to /about/eventarchive
Date: 2008-01-16 04:04:32
Message-ID: 200801152304.32875.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Tuesday 15 January 2008 19:05, Chander Ganesan wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > WWW,
> >
> > We ought to have a "Sumbit Event" link on /about/eventarchive as well as
> > on the PostgreSQL home page. At the top of the page. Same for
> > /newsarchive.
>
> Along those same lines...

This seems to be along rather different lines to me... :-)

> we had submitted a number of events yesterday.
> Any ideas as to what the "recommended time to wait" is before we should
> see these events? Perhaps it would be good to have a expected time to
> post as well..
>

I've approved them, they should appear on the site in the next hour or so.
Side question for anyone on slaves, did you see emails for these? I didn't
get any.

> One sample course is:
>
> PostgreSQL Administration
> <http://www.otg-nc.com/training-courses/coursedetail.php?courseid=40>
> Details
> <http://www.otg-nc.com/training-courses/coursedetail.php?courseid=40> |
> Enroll
> <http://www.otg-nc.com/enroll-open-technology-group.php?course_id=40&sched_
>id=164> Jan 21, 2008 Jan 25, 2008 Santa Clara, CA
> <http://www.otg-nc.com/open-technology-group-location-directions.php#CA>
>
>
> Which is somewhat time sensitive (one of my competitors has a course two
> weeks later near there, with "critical mass", that they will most likely
> cancel..since they contacted one of OTG's instructors to see if he could
> teach for them...).

If they have critical mass, why would the cancel? I guess if they can't find
someone to teach then that would be a reason, though I'm not sure we should
allow people to advertise courses who dont have instructors, or from
companies with track records of canceling events.

--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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