FOSS4G2008 Committee Issues - Revision history

Jmckenna: add category so page can be found

2018-06-12T18:46:10Z

add category so page can be found

Tmitchell: /* Specifics */ updated and cleaned up a few items

2008-09-03T22:47:50Z

Specifics: updated and cleaned up a few items

Gfleming: updated and added to website issues

2008-08-07T20:58:09Z

updated and added to website issues

Gfleming at 17:54, 20 July 2008

2008-07-20T17:54:25Z

Tmitchell: /* Specifics */ updates to site issues

2008-07-10T21:55:06Z

Specifics: updates to site issues

Wiki-Dpatton: remove my name from the Workshop Committee

2008-06-09T04:09:26Z

remove my name from the Workshop Committee

Tmitchell: /* Specifics */ add note for bulk promotion of users to readers

2008-05-24T00:06:00Z

Specifics: add note for bulk promotion of users to readers

Tmitchell: updated status of several items

2008-05-23T23:49:17Z

updated status of several items

Tmitchell: added instructions for bulk emails

2008-05-23T23:44:28Z

added instructions for bulk emails

Tmitchell: /* Specifics */ update some progress

2008-05-23T23:34:15Z

Specifics: update some progress

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:46, 12 June 2018
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	[[Category:FOSS4G2008]]		[[Category:FOSS4G2008]]
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 **include field validation and 'mandatory' switch on more fields [[User:GFleming]]
 **send full profile in 'manual payment' email that goes to PeopleSA. At present only username and registration package get sent through. Would be easy to include in 'prepared email' if only we knew the variable names for these fields.
 * Extend the capability of the e-mail response module such that a conference manager can alter the details of information that gets sent in an e-mail, or add e-mail recipients [[User:GFleming]]
-* '''SOLVED''' ('''NOT!''' [[User:GFleming]] you can only select users listed on a page, which maxes at whatever the list limit is set at. So that means repeating the exercise n times. BUT, when I tried with 250 on a page, OCS puts them all into the BCC field of one mail! this exceeds the number of addressees and thus fails...I've resorted to setting up a separate Mailman list and updating it with dumps from OCS) -- how does one do a bulk e-mail to all users registered on the site? [[User:GFleming]]
+* You can only select users listed on a page, which maxes at whatever the list limit is set at. So that means repeating the exercise n times. BUT, when I tried with 250 on a page, OCS puts them all into the BCC field of one mail! this exceeds the number of addressees and thus fails...I've resorted to setting up a separate Mailman list and updating it with dumps from OCS) -- how does one do a bulk e-mail to all users registered on the site? [[User:GFleming]]
 ** ...and aren't Announcements meant to get sent to all users? how about a feed? [[User:GFleming]]
 ** As [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/index/manager Manager], Select '''Roles'''->'''Author''' (for example), this show list of all registered authors
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 *how does one update all users to become Readers (or to become Readers by default when they register)? [[User:GFleming]]
 ** Similar to bulk email topic above, except you select '''Roles'''->'''Readers''', click '''Enroll Existing User''' under list, select each one '''manually''' from list, click '''Enroll Select Users'''
 * Implement multi-lingual plugins [[User:GFleming]]
 **and do the translations [[User:GFleming]]
 * Be aware that OCS liberally doses its html output with br/ tags when content is generated from text area fields - can leave unexpected results like tables that drop down the screen. Avoid the use of the Enter key, people...[[User:gmcferren]]
 * Automatically redirect authors to the paper submission page once logged in([[User:simon]])
 * Incorporate MapExchange map into site([[User:simon]])
 * FOSS4G incorporates different tracks, (workshops, presentations, papers and so forth) - OCS should accommodate different timeline functionality for each track, like submission closing dates.([[User:gmcferren]])
 * Go to this workshop abstract: Then, Reading Tools>How to cite item>A Hitchhiker's guide to Ruby On Rails stack for geoWeb>Citation Format>ABNT>Sankar, K.. A Hitchhiker's guide to Ruby On Rails stack for geoWeb. FOSS4G, '''North America''' 7 08 2008. Where is the 'North America' coming from??? [[User:GFleming]]
-*I think that it would be useful to have some sort of direct read/select query only access to the SQL database behind OCS. We have run into so many "That may be in the next version" problems that would be mitigated by being able to download data from the DB direct. For example: all registrants with their contact details; a mail merge type query for generating name badges.([[User:gmcferren]])
+** Seems only an issue with the ABNT citation format and it's hard coded into the citation code for the system.  Without knowing more about this citation format, I can't touch it.
 * issues relating to the OCS site upgrade in July are here [[FOSS4G2008_Site_Upgrade]]

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 *Gavin: Chair, PeopleSA liaison
 *Carrin: GISSA liaison, governance.
-*Daina: Programme
+*Daina: marketing and communications, Programme
 *Inge: Papers, presentations
 *Dawn: sponsorship
 *Ravi: government and SITA liaison
 *Burnie: workshops and labs subcommittee coordinator
-*Graeme: website, speakers
+*Graeme: website, speakers, workshops
-*Magda: exhibitors
+*Magda: exhibitors and sponsors
 *Russell: volunteers, man-on-the-ground in Cape Town
 *Alize: Outreach and technical visit coordinator
 *Jeff:??
 *Paul: financial oversight, OSGeo-GISSA agreement
 *Tyler: OSGeo liaison, governance, website
 == Workshops and labs subcommittee ==
 *Burnie
 *Jeff McKenna
-*Graeme McFerren
 ==Programme and papers subcommittee==
 *Serena Coetzee (academic thread)
 *Jeff
 ==Other volunteers and their roles==
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 * Extensibility of the registration module to allow more details to be captured, such that delegates could be profiled a bit better, e.g. interests [[User:GFleming]]
 ** Which fields would you like? -- [[User:Tmitchell]]
 **include field validation and 'mandatory' switch on more fields [[User:GFleming]]
 * '''SOLVED with ugprade''' -- Extensibility of the registration module to allow bulk export of all (or subset) registrant details in a transparent format, e.g. csv or e-mail [[User:GFleming]]
 * Extend the capability of the e-mail response module such that a conference manager can alter the details of information that gets sent in an e-mail, or add e-mail recipients [[User:GFleming]]
-* '''SOLVED''' -- how does one do a bulk e-mail to all users registered on the site? [[User:GFleming]]
+* '''SOLVED''' ('''NOT!''' [[User:GFleming]] you can only select users listed on a page, which maxes at whatever the list limit is set at. So that means repeating the exercise n times. BUT, when I tried with 250 on a page, OCS puts them all into the BCC field of one mail! this exceeds the number of addressees and thus fails...I've resorted to setting up a separate Mailman list and updating it with dumps from OCS) -- how does one do a bulk e-mail to all users registered on the site? [[User:GFleming]]
 ** As [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/index/manager Manager], Select '''Roles'''->'''Author''' (for example), this show list of all registered authors
 ** Then you can select '''All Users''' from form, which shows [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/manager/people/all all users for 2008 event]
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 * '''SOLVED''' -- <s>For XHTML strict browsers such as Opera, there is a template bug in the Announcements functionality - a closing </tr> is missing in the template that generates the 'More Announcements...' html for the conference and year homepages. (actually it is /ocs-2.0.0-1/templates/schedConf/index.tpl between line 36 and 37 should be inserted a </tr>)[[User:gmcferren]]</s> -- [[User:Tmitchell]]
 * Be aware that OCS liberally doses its html output with br/ tags when content is generated from text area fields - can leave unexpected results like tables that drop down the screen. Avoid the use of the Enter key, people...[[User:gmcferren]]
-* '''SOLVED'''(mostly) -- Implement seperate stylesheets for sub conferences([[User:simon]])
+* '''SOLVED'''(mostly) -- Implement separate stylesheets for sub conferences([[User:simon]])
 ** Mostly done, only the main stylesheet is still a copy of the 2008 one.
 ** Also need to make sure highest levels of FOSS4G conference settings are very general, with 2008 settings stored under that scheduled conference. -- [[User:Tmitchell]]
 * Automatically redirect authors to the paper submission page once logged in([[User:simon]])
 * Incorporate MapExchange map into site([[User:simon]])
-* FOSS4G incorporates different tracks, (workshops, presentations, papers and so forth) - OCS should accomodate different timeline functionality for each track, like submission closing dates.([[User:gmcferren]])
+* FOSS4G incorporates different tracks, (workshops, presentations, papers and so forth) - OCS should accommodate different timeline functionality for each track, like submission closing dates.([[User:gmcferren]])
 * issues relating to the OCS site upgrade in July are here [[FOSS4G2008_Site_Upgrade]]
 =Associated courses and workshops=

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	* Incorporate MapExchange map into site([[User:simon]])		* Incorporate MapExchange map into site([[User:simon]])
	* FOSS4G incorporates different tracks, (workshops, presentations, papers and so forth) - OCS should accomodate different timeline functionality for each track, like submission closing dates.([[User:gmcferren]])		* FOSS4G incorporates different tracks, (workshops, presentations, papers and so forth) - OCS should accomodate different timeline functionality for each track, like submission closing dates.([[User:gmcferren]])
		+	* issues relating to the OCS site upgrade in July are here [[FOSS4G2008_Site_Upgrade]]

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 ** Which fields would you like? -- [[User:Tmitchell]]
 **include field validation and 'mandatory' switch on more fields [[User:GFleming]]
-* Extensibility of the registration module to allow bulk export of all (or subset) registrant details in a transparent format, e.g. csv or e-mail [[User:GFleming]]
+* '''SOLVED with ugprade''' -- Extensibility of the registration module to allow bulk export of all (or subset) registrant details in a transparent format, e.g. csv or e-mail [[User:GFleming]]
 * Extend the capability of the e-mail response module such that a conference manager can alter the details of information that gets sent in an e-mail, or add e-mail recipients [[User:GFleming]]
 * '''SOLVED''' -- how does one do a bulk e-mail to all users registered on the site? [[User:GFleming]]
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 ** Blank email [http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3072 bug] patched on server. -- [[User:Tmitchell]]
 ** Cron job also set up to handled scheduled tasks -- [[User:Tmitchell]]
-* Implement three-panel layout (with left sidebar) [[User:GFleming]]
+* '''SOLVED with upgrade''' -- Implement three-panel layout (with left sidebar) [[User:GFleming]]
 * Implement multi-lingual plugins [[User:GFleming]]
 **and do the translations [[User:GFleming]]

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 ** all of this is outlined in the online forums - under [http://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2927&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=email+all+users this item] .. ''forums are your friend :) ''  -- [[User:Tmitchell]]
 *how does one update all users to become Readers (or to become Readers by default when they register)? [[User:GFleming]]
 * '''SOLVED'''(mostly) -- Understanding about how automatic e-mails are triggered, and assurance that these all work (they do not, <s>a blank e-mail seems to be sneaking out at the proposal submission metadata phase, that is hard to track down</s>)[[User:gmcferren]]
 ** Blank email [http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3072 bug] patched on server. -- [[User:Tmitchell]]

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 * Extend the capability of the e-mail response module such that a conference manager can alter the details of information that gets sent in an e-mail, or add e-mail recipients [[User:GFleming]]
 *how does one do a bulk e-mail to all users registered on the site? [[User:GFleming]]
 *how does one update all users to become Readers (or to become Readers by default when they register)? [[User:GFleming]]
 * Understanding about how automatic e-mails are triggered, and assurance that these all work (they do not, <s>a blank e-mail seems to be sneaking out at the proposal submission metadata phase, that is hard to track down</s>)[[User:gmcferren]]