On 25/11/2020 20:31, Lassi Kortela wrote:
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> Intro/Scheme puns:
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> '(schemers . org): an improper list of Scheme resources —[DS]   
> (welcome '(schemers . org))
> I intend this but for a Scheme of a larger Design.
> --Woodward, Nat. Hist. Earth, 1723
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> [We should definitely have an intro. It can be a paragraph of text, an
> aphorism -- thoughts? how's the blurb currently on
> <https://www.staging.scheme.org>?]

I like the blurb on staging, but I think that the *next* thing should be
suggested further-reading links for new interested people rather than
dumping them straight into stuff that's more of interest for seasoned
Schemers.

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> News Items and Announcements:
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> Direct link to each year's Scheme workshop (for the last 6 years).
> [We could link to events.scheme.org or workshop.scheme.org. Those
> subdomains would show the latest workshop more prominently than the
> earlier ones. We could also list each year's workshop separately, but
> we'll be having lots of links on the frontpage even without doing so.]

My hunch would be to have "events.scheme.org" as a big calendar of past
and future events, each getting their own subdomain to handle as they
see fit (so the central admin burden is just managing that list). The
front page should have a link to events, but highlight some very
recent/current/upcoming events, ideally without any extra work from the
main page maintainers - events.scheme.org should provide an RSS feed of
the "current" events.

> Direct link to a non-workshop event (a seminar on Hop).
> [Could go into a live-updated news headlines box at top of page?]

I think we should have an overall "events" thing that workshops and
other events are all part of.

> Direct links to R6RS, R7RS-small, R7RS-large.
> [RnRS is very important, so we should keep these and more IMHO]

Yeah

> Link to blog (Planet Scheme); Link to a list of advocacy essays
> [We should definitely have blog.scheme.org and/or news.scheme.org. What
> would be a good place for essays?]

I don't know. Do we want to host essays, or just link to essays others
have published around the Web?

> Link to Scheme Meetup.com.
> [Put this in the same place where other user groups are listed, if there
> are any.

Agreed.

> Should we link to Lisp users' groups or functional programming
> groups?]

Yeah, let's spread the love and foster inclusion!

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> Work: (choose-from ...)
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> jobs   [N/A :-/]
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Ha! I'm being paid to write in Chicken as we speak (sorry, I just can't
help gloating...)

Otherwise, I heartily second your suggestions :-)

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Alaric Snell-Pym   (M0KTN neé M7KIT)
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