hello folks

the groups portal is getting closer to its first public appearance in its final form (will soon be at http://groups.openstack.org [1]).

The portal is going to replace the content on the wiki page, that list of known user groups will be instead a nice interactive and constantly updated map.

Besides the map, the portal sports a very nice list of events pulled from each group hosted on meetup.com. Visitors to the site will be able to see the list of known events on http://groups.openstack.org/events

The map and the searchable database of user groups is built out of a json file hosted on:

http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/groups-static-pages

Static pages are going to be managed through git, too, as simple markdown files. For example, see the proposed Code of Conduct https://review.openstack.org/#/c/98205/

And how that would look like once merged: http://groups-dev.openstack.org/tips/hackaton-howto

The whole system is fully published on:

http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/groups

FAQ: ----

Q - If it's based on Drupal, why are you using git for pages? A - Drupal's workflow management and users/roles are quite complex to setup and we wanted to go live as rapidly as possible. Since we had already setup a module capable of importing markdown content we thought of using the well tested workflow based on gerrit and git-review. We will consider implementing the natural Drupal-based workflow in the future.

Q - you seem to be importing events only from meetup.com. Can you add more sources? A - Yes, as long as they come in a standard format. Let's talk.

Q - How do I add a new group? How do I amend the details for an existing group? A - File a patch to the json file mentioned above (until we have a different method)

Q - I spotted a bug, where do I file it? A - Good question. We're considering using storyboard.openstack.org but until we announce differently please file bugs on https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-community

[1] as soon as https://review.openstack.org/#/c/104332/ is approved [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStackUserGroups