Better instructions for adding calendar

[vsoch]

I'm not sure where this is linked, but we should do a better job of sharing the calendar:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=kgh79lg13k1d8a2o1s6megfuhc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York

And then also providing enough information within the events so that people know how to participate (for example, the community call next week at 2pm has no information for how to join).
Finally, we should make it easy to add the calendar - it's not totally obvious clicking the plus in the bottom right will do that.

I'm not sure where the calendar is shared (I saw in newsletter) but we should start there!

[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.