update conferences.py -- REMOVE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT BPD IS NOT A PART OF

[kjaymiller]

I think we have to give up on the quest of sharing conferences... let's simplify things by removing the automation work that was pulling in new conferences...

We should also remove the GitHub issue templates for new events.

Lastly we should still use the _data/conferences.json but maybe expand that to _data/events.json and have it include our regular coffee and code meetups as well the monthly meetup and conferences THAT WE ARE SPONSORING.

I think we can also use that to cross promote events from our partners like PRELUDE.tech.

---

Jekyll Site Action Items Checklist

Conference Automation

• Remove existing conference automation scripts
• Disable any automatic conference data pulling mechanisms
• Remove all conferences that have passed

GitHub Repository

• Delete existing GitHub issue templates for new events

Data Management

• Rename _data/conferences.json to _data/events.json
• Expand the events JSON structure to include:
  • Meetups
    • Add Coffee and Code
    • Add Monthly Meetup
  • Conferences
  • Partner events (e.g., from PRELUDE.tech)

Example:

{
  "conferences": [
    {
      "name": "PyCon US",
      ... # more data here
    }
  ],
  "events": [
     {
       "name": "Coffee and Code",
       ...
     }
  ]
}

Event Data Structure Considerations

• Define a flexible JSON schema for events that can accommodate different types of events
• Include fields such as:
  • Event name
  • Date
  • Location

Documentation

• Update CONTRIBUTING.MD or documentation to reflect new event management approach
• Create guidelines for manually adding events to _data/events.json

[kjaymiller]

@TimOsahenru - Do you want to take a shot at this?

[TimOsahenru]

I'm getting this error message

from running pre-commit. I'll take out time today to debug. Or is anyone else also experiencing this @kjaymiller @lazouich

[kjaymiller]

It's a bug in frontmatter-check... I will patch and send you update steps

[kjaymiller]

@TimOsahenru in the pre-commit-config.yaml,

Set the version to the latest one

  - repo: https://github.com/kjaymiller/frontmatter-check
    rev: "2025.1.1b4"
    hooks:
      - id: frontmatter-check