Re: [pgsql-www] National community sites @ postgresql.org?

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 2:20 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2008 schrieb Selena Deckelmann:
>> One way to keep our community vibrant, relevant and authentic is to
>> encourage communities to host their own stuff, on their own domains.
>
> Then again, most communities are too small that they don't have the skills and
> resources to host their own stuff properly.

I'm not saying we should get rid of the PUGS site --  it is a valuable
resource. DNS-based redirection for language/regional-based  sites
would be very useful. Especially in Nikolay's case.

Those that have the resources, should continue to run their own sites.

Here's the list of organizations, communities and user groups hosting
their own sites (that I know of):

JPUG - a non-profit corporation, not just a user community
PgEU - same
PgUS - same
ITPUG - has formal governance
Pg.IT
Pg.PE (Peru)
Pg.Brasil
China (forums)
PostgreSQLFr (France)
PGUG (Germany)
Grupo de Usuarios PostgreSQL de Venezuela
NZPGUG (New Zealand)
Pg.Gr (Greek)
PgUK

And then we have the Czech, Polish, and Turkish sites - I'm not sure
who maintains those.  There's likely more!

The .org role should be to provide an accurate directory that connects
all the sites together.

One of my goals for the PUG site is to encourage people to customize
their portion of the site - so that they are less uniform, and more
reflective of the personality of the groups. I haven't quite gotten
there yet :)

-selena



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Selena Deckelmann
United States PostgreSQL Association - http://www.postgresql.us
PDXPUG - http://pugs.postgresql.org/pdx
Me - http://www.chesnok.com/daily