# Should we rename the existing "Weekly meetings" category to “Community events”?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509>\
**Category:** Forum and website feedback\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509 "2023-03-21T20:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509/1 "2023-03-21T20:17:39Z")

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Following the [upgrade](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/maintenance-of-discourse-forum-planned-today-march-20th-at-6pm-et-15-min-of-read-only-time/28482) of our discourse instance, we can now leverage the [calendar plugin and associated events feature](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/calendar-plugin-and-associated-events-feature/28506).

From @lassoan

> The calendar displayed at [Weekly meetings - 3D Slicer Community](https://discourse.slicer.org/c/community/hangout/20) is huge and relatively empty.
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> An idea would be suggest @muratmaga to add events for the SlicerMorph office hours and alike.
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> If more events will be added then we may rename the category to something more generic, such as “Community meetings” or “Community events”.

_This topic summarizes off-line discussions between @lassoan, @Sam_Horvath and @jcfr._

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**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509/2 "2023-03-21T20:20:02Z")

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From @jcfr

> > support & development post associated with date
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> **Question:** Does it make sense to have the following posts available under “Community Events” ?
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> [https://discourse.slicer.org/tags/c/support/11/maintenance](https://discourse.slicer.org/tags/c/support/11/maintenance)  
> [https://discourse.slicer.org/tags/c/dev/5/maintenance](https://discourse.slicer.org/tags/c/dev/5/maintenance)
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> And to make the reader can discriminate, we would include something like `Target Audience: ...` in the event description.

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**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509/3 "2023-03-21T20:20:54Z")

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From @lassoan

> “Community Events” sounds good. Should I rename it now?
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> The first few words of the event name is visible in the calendar, so if we post maintenance as events (which is a good idea) then we could start it with “Maintenance: …”.

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**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509/4 "2023-03-21T20:27:48Z")

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Renaming the category from `Weekly meeting` to `Community events` is sensible.

After the rename we would then move the posts tagged with `maintenance` into this renamed category.

Before doing so, I also suggest we come up with:

- a description for the category
- indicate what type of events can be posted (project week ? conference ? trainings ? …)
- process to have event posted

cc: @lassoan @pieper @Sam_Horvath

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**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509/5 "2023-03-21T21:14:15Z")

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Here is a draft description:

> Community Meetings and Events
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> This category is for organizing community meetings and events. It is a space where we can share information about various community-related activities.
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> We will be posting a range of events, including weekly meetings, office hours, and maintenance times for our web and build infrastructure. As the events calendar feature in Discourse is new for us, we will be refining the type and scope of events as we learn.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/should-we-rename-the-existing-weekly-meetings-category-to-community-events/28509/6 "2023-03-22T02:58:02Z")

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> [@jcfr](#):
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> This category is for organizing community meetings and events

Instead of organizing, “announcing” might be more clear:

> This category is for organizing community meetings and events

It would be also useful to clarify who is meant by “we”. Do we encourage all forum members to post events here?