We might be overthinking this one, the Museums Association Find an Event
calendar "in theory" is all we should need, it is after all our overarching
body.
http://www.museumsassociation.org/find-an-event
My questions would be, why are conference providers not using this service?
If they are why are we not looking there?
Tony
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On 23 May 2016 at 15:33, Sarah Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks for the link, Mia. I think I'll get in touch with the DLF about
> collaboration as suggested.
>
> The MCG is of course welcome to embed the calendars onto their site.
>
> Best, Sarah
>
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> On 23 May 2016 at 14:22, Jennifer Layton <
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> > Could it be transposed into the MCG website via an iframe or similar?
> >
> > It's a great resource Sarah, but not one I was aware of until the link
> was
> > sent round. Depending on the software you are using (I guess wordpress
> and
> > a plugin for the MCG and TIME/IMAGE sites), it wouldn't be hard to
> > replicate on the MCG site and pull from the same google calendars
> > integration.
> >
> > On Mon, 23 May 2016 at 11:24 Sarah Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the mention, Danny. Yes, that's what I've been aiming for
> with
> > > the TIME/IMAGE calendars. I've been meaning to post an update on that,
> > > though.
> > >
> > > Keeping the calendars up-to-date myself has been proving pretty
> difficult
> > > to maintain (even when some of you kindly send me event details) as I
> > > haven't got enough time to dedicate to it, so I'm going to be changing
> > > things a bit so that you guys can add in your events, or events you've
> > > found, directly. I think this might work better.
> > >
> > > I'll set this up in the next couple of weeks, and will post a message
> on
> > > here when it's live.
> > >
> > > Best, Sarah
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > On 23 May 2016 at 11:04, Danny Birchall <[log in to unmask]>
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> > >
> > > > Hi Jennifer
> > > >
> > > > In a spooky coincidence with this morning's earlier list message, I
> > think
> > > > TIME/IMAGE have tried this:
> > > >
> > > > http://timeimage.org.uk/events/
> > > >
> > > > -- is this the sort of thing you mean?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Danny
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> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of
> > > > Jennifer Layton
> > > > Sent: 23 May 2016 11:00
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> > > > Subject: [MCG] Other organisations conferences and events
> > > >
> > > > There seems to be a lot of cross posting of different industry events
> > > here
> > > > that are of interest to members; open data camp being one excellent
> > one I
> > > > attended, but also games camp, mentioned today.
> > > >
> > > > Is there anyway a permanent place could be created within the MCG
> site
> > > > with a calendar for all of these? It's a shame for people to miss
> them
> > > as I
> > > > am sure that would be a lot of interest and cross seeding of ideas.
> I'm
> > > > sure a member submission with moderation would work with minimal
> > effort.
> > > >
> > > > What do you think? Is it worth putting together a try-out?
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