Member groups

[jamesgeddes]

Users should be able to join groups within Geek.Zone. For example, some people within Geek.Zone might be particularly interested in Anime, while others might be interested in Software Development. These member groups will help to organise the community and perform automated actions to improve the membership experience.

Each group should be able to define its own membership requirements and benefits, including but not limited to,

• email mailing list address - requires Member mailing lists #48
• web page address - Geek.Zone/group
• web page content - requires Wiki #82
• membership onboarding requirements, for example
  • admin approval
  • community poll approval (eg Discord mods group)
  • take specified course(s), requires Virtual Learning Environment #506
  • pay a fee (should require Trustee approval)
• Contributor type - will group members perform work for Geek.Zone?
  • Volunteer
    Members of this group will perform unpaid work for Geek.Zone.
  • Staff
    Members of this group are paid Geek.Zone employees.
  • Participant
    Members of this group will participate in activities but will not perform work for Geek.Zone.
• membership period
  • until member leaves
  • Dead man's switch
  • x days/weeks/months/years
  • until date
• automated membership actions, reversed on group departure - for example,
  • added to our GitHub org - see Automate GitHub organisation membership management #477
  • added to a Discord role
  • added to facebook page editors
• grace period
• chat channels

Members should be able to create new groups.

If a member is in >0 staff groups, their personal contribution status is staff. They can not count toward Geek.Zone volunteer numbers. They should count toward Geek.Zone staff numbers.

Impact

High

Urgency

Now

[jamesgeddes]

Django saves the day, once again

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/auth/default/#the-permission-required-decorator

[jamesgeddes]

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