Add a blog post the new event management system and Champion program#103
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Update the Bioconductor event post: broaden the title to mention the Champion Program, add two workflow diagrams (old and new) and their image files to visualize the manual vs automated processes, and clarify application instructions. Adjust wording for the form access line, add required fields (explanation of relevance, event content description, submitter email) to the checklist, and update the approval/posting step to reference the Bioconductor events page. Also remove a redundant automated-acknowledgment bullet to avoid duplication.
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Pull request overview
Adds a new Bioconductor community blog post describing the move from GitHub Issue Forms to a Google Forms/Apps Script–based event application workflow, including a Champion Program overview, and includes “before/after” workflow diagrams.
Changes:
- Added a new post (
index.qmd) describing the new automated event management system and Champion Program. - Added two workflow diagram images (
old_eventworkflow.png,new_eventworkflow.png) referenced by the post. - Added a 2022 Hacktoberfest post file that currently contains placeholder/template content (appears unintended for this PR).
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| posts/2026-02-20-new-event-management-system/index.qmd | New blog post content + references to workflow images |
| posts/2026-02-20-new-event-management-system/old_eventworkflow.png | “Old workflow” diagram image for the post |
| posts/2026-02-20-new-event-management-system/new_eventworkflow.png | “New workflow” diagram image for the post |
| posts/2022-10-26-hacktoberfest/index.qmd | Placeholder/template post content added (likely accidental/unrelated) |
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| 3. **Submit and Confirm**: After submission, you'll receive an automated acknowledgment email confirming that your application has been received. | ||
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| 4. **Review Process**: The Bioconductor community team will review your application and typically respond within two weeks with: | ||
| - Approval and posting of the event information at https://www.bioconductor.org/help/events/ | ||
| - Requests for additional information | ||
| - Suggestions for event improvement | ||
| - Information about available support resources | ||
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| 5. **Event Planning Support**: Once approved, you'll receive guidance on: |
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This section uses https://www.bioconductor.org/help/events/ here, but later links to https://bioconductor.org/help/events/. Consider standardizing on a single canonical URL format to avoid redirects and keep links consistent.
| 3. **Submit and Confirm**: After submission, you'll receive an automated acknowledgment email confirming that your application has been received. | |
| 4. **Review Process**: The Bioconductor community team will review your application and typically respond within two weeks with: | |
| - Approval and posting of the event information at https://www.bioconductor.org/help/events/ | |
| - Requests for additional information | |
| - Suggestions for event improvement | |
| - Information about available support resources | |
| 5. **Event Planning Support**: Once approved, you'll receive guidance on: | |
| 3. **Submit and Confirm**: After submission, you'll receive an automated acknowledgment email confirming that your application has been received. | |
| 4. **Review Process**: The Bioconductor community team will review your application and typically respond within two weeks with: | |
| - Approval and posting of the event information at https://bioconductor.org/help/events/ | |
| - Requests for additional information | |
| - Suggestions for event improvement | |
| - Information about available support resources | |
| 5. **Event Planning Support**: Once approved, you'll receive guidance on: |
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| title: "Your blog post title" | ||
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| This is short description about my blog. | ||
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| - name: YOUR NAME | ||
| url: https://github.com/kozo2 | ||
| date: 2022-10-26 | ||
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| SOME MARKDOWN HERE. |
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This file appears to be a placeholder/template post (e.g., "Your blog post title", "YOUR NAME", "SOME MARKDOWN HERE"). Publishing this would add incomplete content to the blog, and it also doesn’t align with the PR’s stated purpose. Please remove this file from the PR or replace it with the finalized Hacktoberfest post content.
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| ## Transition to an Automated System | ||
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| To address these limitations, we have developed a new automated event management system using Google Forms and Google Apps Script. This solution is available in the [@kozo2/bioc-event-workflow](https://github.com/kozo2/bioc-event-workflow) repository. |
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The link text [@kozo2/bioc-event-workflow] is likely to be interpreted as a Pandoc/Quarto citation because of the leading @, which can cause incorrect rendering. Consider changing the link text to something without @ (e.g., kozo2/bioc-event-workflow) or formatting it as inline code.
| To address these limitations, we have developed a new automated event management system using Google Forms and Google Apps Script. This solution is available in the [@kozo2/bioc-event-workflow](https://github.com/kozo2/bioc-event-workflow) repository. | |
| To address these limitations, we have developed a new automated event management system using Google Forms and Google Apps Script. This solution is available in the [kozo2/bioc-event-workflow](https://github.com/kozo2/bioc-event-workflow) repository. |
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