Re: [UG-ADMINS] Re: PHP User Group Directory

While I realize there is red tape associated with php.net, it is also 
the one place that pretty much all PHP devs look to as a source.  So, I 
think it would need to be there or at least linked to from there.

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On 07/13/2012 12:53 PM, Ben Ramsey wrote:
> On 7/13/12 11:36 AM, Rafael Dohms wrote:
>> Over the years UG lists have come and gone, but mostly gone...
>>
>> I had a project to make a directory that would "police itself" and 
>> try to
>> filter out inactive user groups. But that also never made it into the 
>> open.
>> We have already gone over this once but got torn into bits and no action
>> came out of it. Also, is anyone doing this behind the scenes?
>
> I'm not doing anything behind the scenes, but these things do come up 
> from time to time. Corey and I recently discussed off-list the idea of 
> having a Google Calendar that we give everyone on this list the 
> permission to edit so we can at least be kept aware of all the UG 
> events going on around the world. We haven't really done anything with 
> it yet, though.
>
>> So i'm going to be my usual stubborn self and try to get this going 
>> again.
>> I want to code a simple version of this and throw it up, but i rather 
>> get
>> it in the right place first instead of trying to fit into another place
>> later.
>>
>> As UG admins, where do you think we should have this?
>> - stand alone (like PHP the right way)
>> - phpc website
>> - php.net
>> - attached to those but standalone
>> - standalone with a kickass API
>>
>> What do you think?
>> Depending on where it goes i, or we, can start it and kick it out very
>> fast, but if its php.net there is more red-tape to go through.
>>
>> I kinda like the idea of a standalone url or subdomain of something 
>> with a
>> API so that everyone else can use it, like Zend, EY, PHP.net.
>
> I definitely like and agree with the idea, especially with having an 
> API to allow others access to the information and the ability to keep 
> it up-to-date.
>
> We also have phpgroups.org. I would prefer either something at 
> phpgroups.org or a subdomain on php.net (i.e. ug.php.net).
>
> -Ben
>