In my on going efforts to secure a location for the upcoming East (MIT, Penn State, Drexel and even the Marriot are on the list), I am bound and determined to revamp the entire Pgcon.US website. I have several problems/goals I wish to solve.
- A more community orientated site. Currently the site is 100% manage by me. Although it does use PHP it is essentially flat files.
- A social site. I want people to use the site. We have a lot of excellent educational content and I want to make sure and utilize that.
- Promotion. I want to promote our speakers. Most use their own money to help our community. They should be acknowledged. First step, blog aggregation. No I don't want to compete with Planet or Planet but the more linked a blog is the better.
- A better sponsors interface. I want sponsors to feel as if they are partners. Possibly even allowing them to create custom content.
- A push to http://www.pgcon.us/ . My thought is that http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ will become a portal for all postgresql conference about to happen. For example the Canadian International conference.