RE: A word on Conferences

Btw, I do think we should try and get some sense from the conferece organizers if they get significantly less interest with this change. It's worth a try but we should be open to changing it again in the future if needed. Andi > -----Original Message----- > From: Hannes Magnusson [mailto:hannes.magnusson@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:47 AM > To: Björn Schotte > Cc: php-mirrors@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: A word on Conferences > > Hi Björn, > > Please check out my proposal of adding conference "teaser" > above php.net news entrys. > See: http://news.php.net/php.mirrors/34255 > > Would this satisfy your needs? > > -Hannes > > On 2/12/07, Björn Schotte <schotte@mayflower.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I read the discussion on news.php.net and Marco's very long mail. > > Just my 2 cents as Head of Chair of the International PHP > Conference: > > > > I recognize the point that conference news might be very long and > > "disturb" other important news like new PHP releases. Organizing a > > Conference has the following important items: > > > > - Call for Papers: at least 4-6 months *before* the Conference > > happens + special announcements on the mailing list + personal > > invitations to known speakers. We're all lazy and it's good to > > have an announcement so long before (also, because advertising > > in print publications for the conference means doing this some > > months before to get the right audience there) > > > > - while it may be a good idea to show the upcoming conferences this > > month on the php.net calendar on the front, this will only help > > to get a quick overview about current conferences. The problem is, > > though, that the CfP happens months before > > > > - I respect the decision of moving conference news on an extra page, > > but I hope that we/you can search for a better solution > > > > - I totally agree with Andi's points > > > > - wouldn't it be better to have some sort of front page which > > only shows the first 3/4/5 news of each category grouped by > > the categories? Something like this (although I'm interested > > in listing my conference on a prominent place, I think the > > first and foremost interest is PHP itself, so of course PHP > > releases/security fixes/etc. are the first news category to > > display): > > > > +---------------------------------------------------------+ > > | PHP releases: > > | > > | <1st news> > > | > > | <2nd news> > > | > > | <3rd news> > > | > > | <a href>See more at PHP release archive...</a> > > | -------------------------------------------------- > > | > > | Upcoming PHP Conferences around the world: > > | > > | <1st news> > > | > > | <2nd news> > > | > > | <3rd news> > > | > > | <a href>See more at PHP Conference archive...</a> > > | > > | -------------------------------------------------- > > | > > | Your PHP book library: > > | > > | Mastering Regular Expressions - now with PHP coverage > > | .... > > | > > | ... > > | .... ... ... > > | > > | <a href>See more at PHP book library archive ...</a> > > > > > > ? > > -- > > Mayflower GmbH / ThinkPHP schotte@mayflower.de > > Pleichertorstrasse 2 Tel: 0931 / 35965-0 > > 97070 Würzburg Fax: 0931 / 35965-28 > > * http://www.mayflower.de/ * > > http://blog.thinkphp.de/ > > >