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Add a "What We're About" page

  • Explains what the ForwardJS meetup is about and what kind of events we hold
  • Information on the meetup's history
  • CTA to join as a member

What's Changed

  • Added new "What We're About" page (/what-were-about) that explains ForwardJS Ottawa's mission and community
  • Created organizer profiles section showcasing team members with photos, roles, and join dates
  • Added organizers data file with team information
  • Updated navigation to include the new page
  • Removed unused MembersCount.astro component (member count now displayed inline)

Notes

  • Organizer data was manually added to src/data/organizers.json. Potentially, I could do organizer headshot shoot for this?
  • Member count is still dynamically pulled from meetup stats

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btav commented Jul 29, 2025

I really like this idea! Other meetups have something similar.

A couple of suggestions:

  1. Can we change the path to /about and change the navigation to also just be "About" or "About us".
  2. Instead of using the meetup data can we add a static json file as a Astro collection? The organizer data shouldn't change much so might not be worth pulling it from meetup. (limit our meetup logic incase we move)

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Awesome! Thanks for sharing those links.

  1. Yeh I'll change the path and navigation. I prefer the tone of "About Us".
  2. Yes, that makes sense to use a static json file as collection. I'll do that.

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