Better instructions for adding calendar

[usrse]

Better instructions for adding calendar

[cosden]

All good points. @christophernhill made the calendar and I think has plans (or ideas) for where to go next.

[jordanperr]

I am working on this here: https://github.com/jordanperr/usrse.github.io/tree/update/add-google-calendar

[marwahaha]

I think this issue can be closed:
https://us-rse.org/calendar/

[vsoch]

I think the calendar could be better (e.g look at the SORSE site) but if others on the issue are content please feel free to close.

[marwahaha]

What do you mean "SORSE sore"?

[jordanperr]

I agree with Vanessa that our calendar isn't very good. It's been a struggle to keep it updated, and the way it renders on the website is not very useful.

The reason we settled on a Google calendar was so that visitors could subscribe to it in their calendar applications. It's also relatively easy and familiar to update and modify.

[vsoch]

https://sorse.github.io/programme/calendar/

[cosden]

Agreed it could be better. I also agree this can probably be closed.

Perhaps a better issue would be how to set up a system where it gets appropriately populated.

I'm happy to add events to the calendar...I think I've finally figured out how to make the permissions/timezone etc work. Should we have the SORSE events on our calendar?

[vsoch]

I think I'm wondering about the methods that folks generally use to schedule / plan, and if that warrants having a calendar that works really well, period. For example, I'm not likely to browse to an event page and click "Add to calendar" but I am likely to register for things, and then get a Zoom email invite that I add to my calendar. I'm also likely to do the same route, but through slack. So TLDR: if there was a huge need for a nicer calendar, we'd probably want to jump on it. But I think the most common use case is the "Add to Calendar" via a Zoom invite, so I'm erring on the side of not needing a nicer one.

[vsoch]

This will no longer be relevant when the new site is deployed.