Re: Training events policy ... first test case

>> At 11:51p -0400 on 03 Nov 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>>> Kudos on this but I agree with the blob of text argument.. perhaps we
>>> could change:
>>>
>>> There are 21 training events in 4 countries scheduled over the next six
>>> months from EnterpriseDB, CertFirst, Open Technology Group and others.
>>> Take a look at our schedule to find the training that you want.
>>>
>>> To:
>>>
>>> 21 events in 4 countries <link over the next six months >.
>>>
>> Or perhaps:
>>
>> In the next six months, there are <link>21 events</link> in 4 countries
>> from 13 different companies.
>>
>
> I like this, reduces the 'pick-n-choose' which companies to choose ...
>

After some further thought, I don't think that doing this is in the best
interest of the community, or the companies that offer training. Most
people learn about training events that might be of interest to them via
the smattering of courses that are listed on the main page. Aside from
those people, there is a small group of people that are actually
actively looking for training that will go to the "training" page for
upcoming events.

As such, providers who might want to increase their support for
PostgreSQL or related products will have less incentive to do so, since
its unlikely that their courses will even be considered. For example,
we offer a "PostgreSQL Performance Tuning" course that focuses on topics
that would be of interest to experience PostgreSQL administrators. This
course is geared at folks who have lots of PG experience - and thus
aren't interested in training. We commonly see enrollment for this
course when the course hits the front page, and little to no enrollment
in it at other times. If we offer it a few times and don't get a
certain enrollment level, we'll just stop offering it. The same would
be true of other courses that we offer, such as "Implementing databases
with PostgreSQL", which we've had specific community requests for on
-advocacy, but which probably wouldn't get much enrollment in unless it
hit the front page.

I'm torn on this, on one hand I'm sure the intention is to allow the
community to grow and prosper as much as possible, while on the other
hand to take an even-handed approach to the display of upcoming courses
on the homepage.

What are the chances of adding a course title or two on that display on
the home page. For example:

In the next six months, there are <link>21 events</link> in 4 countries
from 13 different companies, including PostgreSQL Administration, and PostgreSQL
Database Implement ion and Performance Tuning events.

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