I'd like to associate each event with one (possibly a few) resource person, so I think I may like to use the managed people add-on, but I have some questions:
1. Do the managed people have to be from a pre-set list in the back end, or can any of my registered users be the associated person for an event?
It needs to be from a pre-set list in the backend, but you can link people on the managed people list with your Joomla! users.
2. If an event does not currently have an associated resource person, is there a way for a user to do it him/herself? (ie. Can I set up a link that says "This event doesn't have a resource person. Click here to become a resource for this event"?)
When creating an event a button to choose among your people/resources. In that list you can also easily offer a button to create new people/resources.
3. I imagine the person listed as being associated with an event has a linkable name (to their user profile). Can I make it un-linkable? Can I change this depending on user type (eg. User Type A gets a link to their profile, but User Type B gets plain text), or on an individual user basis?
The field to add the link will be offered to all type of people/resources, but I think we can consider improving this and make it as you suggest. Anyway this is not a guarantee we are doing it in the near future.
4. I am using the CB user add-on. Currently, the event creator's name links to their CB profile. Will the managed person's name to link to their CB profile too?
Actually you can extend Managed people addon with the Custom Fields addon, and allow people/resource creators to add more fields to the resources they create, and then use "core" and custom fields to create the layout you need. Actually one of the custom fields you can add is for CB profile. Please check product description for more info:
http://www.jevents.net/products/custom- ... tom-fields
Please, let us know if you have any more questions.