bjablonsky
commented
4 years ago This is awesome!
I'm the co-organizer of the NYC .NET Devs User Group, and I've been slowly collecting a speakers list including potential speakers to reach out to. I had the idea of creating a .NET User Group info hub earlier this year. This would include a list of speakers willing to talk about .NET-related talks (and their travel availability), speaking opportunities (both user group and related conferences), and resources (such as sponsors, partner events, etc) for the user groups.
Is the scope of this project limited to just speakers, or can it be expanded to encompass more features such as speaking opportunities and user group resources?
bsivanov
shawnwildermuth
Description:
The .NET community would benefit from a collective list of all the .NET speakers around the world that is publicly accessible, up-to-date, and easy to contribute to. It would be an opportunity for collaboration amongst the community to build a public list of .NET speakers around the world. The purpose of this speaker list (aka "Speaker Directory") would be to serve the community by bringing awareness to .NET speaker availability and scheduling of global .NET events.
This proposal is backed by internal MS and external community interest. I surveyed Microsoft MVP and .NET community members to find out their interest and need for a speaker directory and found the following:
Proposal
I have been working with David Glick, Maxime Rouiller, and Julie Lerman to discuss implementation details and David has a working prototype that can be seen at https://dnf-speaker-directory-test.netlify.app/community/speakers/
Hosted on the .NET Foundation site and modeled after cloud advocates website, which uses yaml to display and update information. This can be adapted to use Statiq, which the .NET Foundation already uses, and add filtering based on location and topics. There should not be any budget required on top of the committee.
Size of Committee Requested/Budget
3 Volunteers:
Which Goal and Priority is this project aligned with:
Success Metrics
From the number of individuals that add their information as a speaker to the collective list of speakers. As well as the number of scheduled speakers as a result of using this platform. If the platform is highly active, utilized, and shared/promoted.