#events

Meetups and webinars

1. How we run office hours across Lagos, Lisbon, and Seattle

   Northridge used to hold one live hour at 16:00 UTC. West Africa never showed up, and the recording sat unlisted for two weeks. We now publish a 20-minute recap as a Guide the same...

2. What is the recommended way to pin an Event on the home feed?

   Pin works, but the card still looks like a discussion. Start time is only on the permalink. Should we surface `event_starts_at` on TopicCard for Event templates, or is a pin plus ...

3. How to localize Event times for members abroad

   Composer stores UTC ISO. The event page uses `formatDateTime` in the viewer locale. Staff in Dhaka entered 18:00 and US members saw the previous evening. Is that expected, and sho...

4. Event end time can be before start time

   No check that `event_ends_at >= event_starts_at`. Schema then emits an invalid Event. ### Repro Set ends to yesterday, starts to tomorrow, publish as staff. JSON-LD still ships.

5. Mobile Safari datetime-local drops timezone on Event create

   iOS posts a local string. We convert with `new Date(local)` which is implementation-defined. An Event started 6 hours off for a member in `America/Los_Angeles`. Please parse with ...

6. Show Event start time on TopicCard and the home feed

   Cards only show relative `created_at`. For Event templates, print `event_starts_at` with timezone. Otherwise pinned events look like old discussions.

7. How to host a webinar Event on TalkMoro

   1. Choose the Event template. 2. Set start and end in your local composer; we store UTC. 3. Put the streaming URL in Location if it is online. 4. Add a cover image for social cards. 5. Pin if it is official, and unpin the next day. RSVPs li

8. Fall orientation: how to ask a Question that gets answered

   Who: members and staff. Format: in person. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 04 Sep 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: Northridge Student Union, Room 204 RSVP in the comments. If you cannot

9. Office hours: search ranking and llms.txt

   Who: members and staff. Format: online webinar. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 08 Sep 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: https://talkmoro.example/live/orientation RSVP in the comments. I

10. Partner workshop: entity overlay for product companies

    Who: members and staff. Format: in person. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 12 Sep 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: Lisbon Partner Office, 3rd floor RSVP in the comments. If you cannot a

11. SRE office hours: incident posts that are honest

    Who: members and staff. Format: online webinar. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 16 Sep 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: https://talkmoro.example/live/sre-office-hours RSVP in the commen

12. Campus AMA with Nia on Events and Guides

    Who: members and staff. Format: in person. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 20 Sep 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: Dhaka Engineering Library, Seminar Hall RSVP in the comments. If you c

13. Workshop: write your first Guide with numbered steps

    Who: members and staff. Format: online webinar. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 24 Sep 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: https://talkmoro.example/live/composer-workshop RSVP in the comme

14. Civic lab: accessibility of the composer

    Who: members and staff. Format: in person. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 28 Sep 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: Seattle Civic Lab, Workshop B RSVP in the comments. If you cannot atte

15. Trust and safety open hour for moderators

    Who: members and staff. Format: online webinar. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 02 Oct 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: https://talkmoro.example/live/trust-safety RSVP in the comments.

16. Accra meetup: Jobs template for local hiring

    Who: members and staff. Format: in person. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 06 Oct 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: Accra Hub, Community Desk RSVP in the comments. If you cannot attend,

17. Release party for TalkMoro v2.9.1

    Who: members and staff. Format: online webinar. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 10 Oct 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: https://talkmoro.example/live/release-party-291 RSVP in the comme

18. Beeton Hall: migrating permalinks from Discourse

    Who: members and staff. Format: in person. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 14 Oct 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall RSVP in the comments. If you ca

19. Roundtable: i18n without duplicate URLs

    Who: members and staff. Format: online webinar. Bring one real URL from your community. We will map it to a template and an entity. When: 18 Oct 2026, 00:00–01:30 UTC. Where: https://talkmoro.example/live/i18n-roundtable RSVP in the comment