Come up with a GitHub-centric way to track structured data "across" events

[webchick]

The issue template is great, and provides an easy way to submit a prospective event with a number of different fields.

However, it's not currently possible to see a "birds eye" view of links across events, to compare, for example, their CFP deadlines, short of clicking into X different issues and doing this manually.

Requirements:

1. We want something GitHub-oriented that's transparent + open to everyone
2. It's in some kind of structured / tabular format

Ideas:

• Markdown table?
• Google Sheet managed by OpenSSF that we export as a CSV?
• other?

[webchick]

Workflow suggestion from @edodusi and @Cheukting

1. Keep issue template as a way to suggest events. (easily editable, just write some text)
2. (Have some kind of triage / approval process?)
3. Have either a manual process or automation for moving to a read-only Google spreadsheet, owned by OpenSSF committee, where further massaging / analysis can be done

[tabathad]

A possibility for keeping the information in Github would be to use a project to collect the event issues that have been submitted. Issue data and any custom field data for each issue are displayed tabularly for a bird's eye view across the submitted events. It looks to be possible to add automation to issues/projects using workflows and actions.

[webchick]

Great idea! That sounds like an excellent use of the next two relatively meeting-free weeks for someone... perhaps even me. ;)

[Cheukting]

@webchick such a great idea. Do you wanna have a go at this? Let me know how can I help