At some point about two months ago, I noticed an absence of one central place to find out about all the cycling events going on -- because there's really so much going on! Various websites have lists of events (including this fantastic forum) but there's no one place for everything going on across the country.
I don't stay in either Edinburgh or Glasgow but sometimes Edinburgh or Glasgow groups organise things in my area. Occasionally groups in my area organise things that Edinburgh or Glasgow people might be interested in. Sometimes people might just want to have a general idea of what sorts of events are going on in the next week.
Enter my current pet project:
http://cycling.hasacalendar.co.uk/
It's like a wiki -- "open" in two big ways:
- Open to anyone who wants to create an account and add/edit groups and events
- Open data -- anyone can take the data from the calendar and use it
A calendar like this has existed for a couple years for the tech community - OpenTechCalendar - and it's often used by people just starting to get involved in the community, and is sometimes used to ensure that big events don't clash. Anyone can export the event data and include in on their website or in their personal calendars.
This calendar is not meant to replace people writing about upcoming events on their website, but merely to act as a central index of all events, with links back to websites with more details.
Currently, I'm the only person putting in groups and events -- If you like the idea and you know of a group or event that's not yet included, then it would be fantastic if you created an account and helped me to add things in!
If you don't really like it, please let me know what can be done to make it better! I'm hoping that this is something the entire cycling community would find useful, not just a personal itch.
What do you all think?
Thanks for any help and feedback you can offer!
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