pm.log

PM.log

TODO
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pm.org web site:

- pages for each country
- link from various places to the countries
- change maps on the individual/countr/continent pages to show only the relevant groups
- try to fetch some information relevant to the group and show them on



- list the valid status values and their meaning (and probably better to reduce the list of valid values)
  active
  inactive
  mlb
  leb
  disbanded
  sleeping
  Vetoed by Robert...  (I guess this should be in a separate field or in a comment)
  unknown
- add status to groups that do not have one

- Reagrding status I think we need
  - active 
  - XXX  (could be inactive, sleeping or dormant) - 
     this should be still displayed on the web, the mailing list if exists
     should be linked and we should display a message saying that the list 
     went dromant but there are messages in the archive and if the person is 
     interested s/he should contact support@pm.org
  - YYY (dead ??) Lists that once existed but now they don't have a website
     and there was no mailing list or no content in the archive
     (in which case we can remove the mailing list)
     We don't show these on the web site.
  That's it, is there are other kind of status? What about cases where the group
  used only external services (its own web site and mailing list) and they are
  gone?

- Maybe there should be a field in the XML for some free text that can be displayed
  on the web site explaining the situaton of specific groups.

- move all the entries that are not 'alive' to another xml file

- add multiple "language" fields to each pm group

- create pages grouping the groups according to language  German", "French"

- What is pm_admins@pm.org ? (I have it in Gmail)


More TODO
=========

- go over all the PM groups, and contact the group leader that have no web site or
  where the web site is broken.
  - mark the group as inactive if I the mail bounces or if the group leader tells so
    or if no answer is received within a week.
  - later check the other resources of these groups 
    (mailing list, DNS of the group name, what else?)
    remove the DNS
    freeze the mailing list if it has archive or delete it if there is 
    no content in the archive (backup list of users?)

- include the link to the pm group to the page listing the groups on the continent

- on the individual pm pages (if we keep them) include the name of the group and 
  other info in the html title (e.g. links to the mailing list pages or instructions
  how to sign up).

- Once utf-8 is enabled add language links to the left side of the pm.org we site

- clean up the "Invite a guru" page - remove most of the people, maybe change the whole 
  title ("guru ?") ask who else wants to be added



- improve the bin/ping.pl (or the bin/xml ?) to validate that the fields in the
  xml file are valid values and are not missing.
- Setup Nagios to monitor the websites?

- using the PM mailing list for more discussion on how to attract more users?

- Implement some game asking for people to reate the web sites of the PM groups
  or to adpot a pm group or some other way to draw more attention to each group.
  "Adopt a pm group" to get other individuals help with pushing the group forward?
  "Introduce a PM group a day" - every day visit another PM group, analyse their web site
  
- Somehow get the PM groups to publish blogs about their activity that we can 
  then collect and either syndicate in a planet or send as a feed to the various 
  perl planets and aggregators.



- Remove mailing lists:
  - Aalesund.pm
  - Africa.pm


MENTORING
==========
Mentors:
  Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk> London.pm
  Andrew Shitov <andy@shitov.ru> Moscow.pm
  James E Keenan <jkeen@verizon.net> PerlSemNY.pm
  Peter Lock <petelock@gmail.com> Leicester.pm
  breno <oainikusama@gmail.com>  Brazil.pm (garu) running the groups in Brazil
  Gabor Szabo <szabgab@gmail.com> Israel.pm
  Stephen Cristol <stephen@bee.net> Atlanta.pm (asked to be both mentor and mentee :-)


Mentees:
  Nagaraju Kancherla <wingsof5r@gmail.com>   (Raj) of Hyderabad.pm (by Dave Cross)
  Revence Kalibwani <revence27@gmail.com> of Kampala.pm (by Gabor Szabo)
  Stephen Cristol <stephen@bee.net>  of Atlanta.pm (by James E Keenan)
  William McKee <william@knowmad.com> of Charlotte.pm 


2009.10.14
=============


Europe
  Macedonia
  - Mk.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Moldova, Republic of
  - Chisinau.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Netherlands
  - Alphen.pm - Abigail responded that it is dead - XML marked inactive
  - Eindhoven.pm - Edwin responded that it is dead - XML marked inactive
  Norway
  - Aalesund.pm - email bounced but also sent to Oslo.pm so now waiting - XML marked inactive
  Portugal
  - Cascais.pm - got reply that it was merged into Lisbon.pm and I can remove the link - XML marked inactive
  - Guimaraes.pm - got reply, Ricardo is fixing it in a few days.,  - TODO
  - Oeiras.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Porto.pm - directed them to support TODO
  - Viana.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Romania
  - Bucharest.pm - one mail bounced, TODO
  Russian Federation
  - Kazan.pm - was fixed
  Slovenia
  - Ljubljana.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Spain - all of the seem to have some trouble so I sent a mail to all the group 
          leaders and the Madrid.pm mailing list - TODO
  - ValleKas.pm - Diego wrote that this group is dead - XML marked inactive
  - Valladolid.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Malaga.pm - got reply from David, will work in a few days - TODO
  - Granada.pm - it will be up in a few days - TODO
  - Madrid.pm - it will be up in a few days - TODO
  - Barcelona.pm - it will be up in a few days - TODO
  Sweden
  - Lund.pm - chatted with Nadim on IRC, they are trying to get it from backup - TODO
  Belarus
  - Minsk.pm - Andrei responded that he opened an IP request #69744 last week, OK
  Turkey
  - Ankara.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - TurkPerl.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Ukraine
  United Kingdom
  - Cumbria.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Leeds.pm - Charles responded that they are thinking now - TODO
  - Leicester.pm - will send mail to support to fix IP - TODO
  - ThamesValley.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Yugoslavia
  - kraljevo.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive

North America
  Canada
  - Burnaby.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Calgary.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Fredericton.pm - Brian said it is alive but he is alone.
  - Seneca.pm - got reply that it is internal, asked Jay about it - TODO
  Mexico
  - Guadalajara.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Jalisco.pm - mail bounced - XML marked inactive - TODO remove DNS!
  - Monterrey.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  United Kingdom
  - Worcestershire.pm - could not be delivered - XML marked inactive
  
  USA
  Arizona
  - Yuma - the site says it is disbanded - XML marked inactive
  California
  - JPL - Ed answered that the group is internal for JPL employees and I should remove it
  - KernCounty.pm - mail could not be delivered - XML marked inactive
  - LagunaNiguel.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - ValleyPerl.pm - could not deliver email - XML marked inactive
  Colorado
  - Breckenridge.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Connecticut
  - Hartford.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Delaware
  - NewCastle.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Florida
  - Destin.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Miami.pm - TODO
  - Orlando.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Georgia
  - ClassicCity.pm - got mail that he has moved - XML marked inactive
  Illinois
  - Rockford.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Kansas
  - Wichita.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Maine
  - Maine.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Minnesota
  - Northfield.pm - mail cannot be delivered - XML marked inactive
  - StPaul.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Mississippi
  - Lafayette.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Missouri
  - SpringfieldMO.pm - got replay, in discussion - TODO
  New Jersey
  - Morris County.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  New York
  - Csy.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  North Carolina
  - Asheville.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Ohio
  - Dayton.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - rubbercity.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Oklahoma
  - Lawton.pm - mail bounced - XML makred inactive
  - NE Oklahoma Perl Users Group.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - OklahomaCity.pm - TODO
  - SWOK.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Pennsylvania
  - Altoona.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - LA-Belle.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - NEPenn.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Pittsburgh.pm - mail sent, TODO 
  Rhode Island 
  - RhodeIsland.pm  - Brian answered that we can close it - XML marked inactive
  South Carolina
  - Charleston.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Clemson.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Cola.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Texas
  - SanAntonio.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - TheWoodlands.pm - got reply, directed Todd to support@pm.org - TODO
  - HamptonRoads.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
South America
  Argentina
  Brazil - TODO
  - Belem.pm - (coming soon since 2004)
  - Brasil.pm - temp unavailable
  - Campinas.pm  - not accessible
  - Cascavel.pm - has web page from 2005
  - Florianópolis.pm  - not accessible
  - Recife.pm - ???
  - Salvador.pm - temp unavailable
  - Sao-Paulo.pm - temp unavailable
  - Taubate.pm - coming soon
  - Triangulo.pm  - not accessible
  - Vitoria.pm - mkdir /home/.higgins: Permission

  Chile
  Dominican Republic
  - SantoDomingo.pm - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Ecuador
  Paraguay
  - Terere.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Venezuela
  - Caracas.pm - Ernesto mailed that they will have perl.org.ve by the end of November - TODO
  - Maracaibo.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Maracay.pm - no answer - XML marked inactive

Asia
  Indonesia
  - Bandung.pm - got reply that they are ok (even though zr([at])lenn-biz.com  listed on the web site is giving WARNINGs)



2009.10.08-14
===============


Going over the websites and sending e-mails to those that 
are not responding or that have a "coming soon" page.

Afica
  - Africa.pm           - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - ZA.pm               - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Angola.pm           - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Timbuktu.pm         - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Gombe.pm            - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Ooubafsan.pm        - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Uganda
  - Kampala.pm          - got answer, told to send mail to support@pm.org, now mentored by Gabor Szabo - TODO

Asia
  Armenia
  China
  - HongKong.pm         - no answer - XML marked inactive
  India
  - Delhi.pm            - got answer, plans to do it by mid November - TODO
  - Hyderabad.pm        - got response, directed Raj to open ticket at support. Dave Cross is now the mentor. TODO
  - Kochi.pm            - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - mytutorial.pm       - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Thane.pm            - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - tutorial.pm.org.pm  - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Iran
  - Iran.pm             - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Israel
  Japan
  - Akasaka.pm          - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Korea
  - Seoul.pm            - web not answering but they must be there somewhere TODO
  Lebanon
  - Lebanon.pm          - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Malaysia
  - Bangsar.pm          - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Malaysia.pm         - asked for help to get hostname redirection, directed to support, done
  Pakistan
  - JERL.pm - bounced   - XML marked inactive
  - Pakistan.pm         - could not deliver - XML marked inactive
  Philippinies
  - Mignon.pm           - Chame answered and told me to remove group - XML marked inactive
  - ph.pm - bounced     - XML marked inactive
  - phPerl.pm           - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Quatar
  Russia
  - Shadrinski.pm       - bounced - XML marked inactive
  Singapore
  Sri Lanka
  - SriLanka.pm         - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Colombo.pm          - no answer - XML marked inactive
  Taiwan
  - Taichung.pm         - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Taipei.pm           - answered that working on it, told the tsar to send request to support - TODO
  Turkey
  - Istanbul.pm         - bounced - XML marked inactive
  United Arab Emirates
  - Dubai.pm            - answered that the group can be removed - XML marked inactive
  Vietnam
  - hanoi.pm            - bounced - XML marked inactive

Central America

non-geographical
  - Woman.pm            - answer received, URL updated to http://women.perl.org.br/
  - Camelot.pm          - could not deliver - XML marked inactive
  - Dahut.pm            - the Tsar confirmed they exist just have issues with the server. - TODO
  - PBP.pm              - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Banking.pm          - Alex wrote that the group should be removed - XML makred inactive

Oceania
  - Auckland.pm         - answer received from Dan, XML marked inactive

Europe
  - Tallin.pm           - answered, I suggested to create an Estonian page on TPF wiki and to contact support - TODO
  - Athens.pm           - no answer - XML marked inactive
  - Budapest.pm         - talked on IRC, should try to setup redirect to http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?hungarian
                          I sent request to support@pm.org - TODO
  - may.pm - bounced    - XML marked inactive
  - Bologna.pm          - got a response, I sent a request to support@pm.org, done
  - salerno.pm          - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Firenze.pm          - TODO
  - torino.pm           - bounced - XML marked inactive
  - Torino.pm           - Vitto answered to the other to remove group - XML marked inactive