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THE SKIFF NEEDS YOU!
Calling all designers, programmers ux people, frontend people, backend people and anyone else who works at or uses the Skiff. Let's make some web apps to make the Skiff even more awesome!
The idea is that we all get together for a day and make as much of this happen as possible. I'm thinking a Saturday would be best but let's discuss it and see what everyone thinks.
We'll need to decide how much of this stuff we write ourselves and how much we re-use existing stuff.
Registration for skiff members
Current Solution: Wufoo form at http://theskiff.org/hello
Having a place where new users can sign up will make a lot of the other apps easier. This will give everyone at the Skiff a login that they can to access the apps. Maybe later it will be tied in with billing too?
User profiles
Current solution: None
Everyone gets a profile, pre-filled from their Twitter details if they have one (let's not require Twitter though, not everyone wants one). This could help with putting names to faces, a problem everyone has at some point I think but especially difficult for new members.
A way for captains to volunteer and be notified when it's their turn. Also a way to quickly tell who is the captain.
Current solution: Doodle (http://www.doodle.com/a7d3efxi7rti34ix)
A bookings app to handle members booking the meeting rooms
Current solution: Wufoo form and Google Calendar. Entry is manual!
Problems:
- Takes a while for meetings to get put on calendar, same day bookings are a problem
- Lots of extra work generated for Anna, Jon and Wired Sussex
Meeting bookings are members only now I think? (although organisations can have meetings-only membership)
A board where ideas to improve the Skiff can be submitted, voted on (to sort the more popular ones to the top) and discussed.
Current solution: Mailing list postings that get forgotten and talking in person that doesn't include everyone
Pull all this together into a dashboard that a member can go to to get an idea of the current state of the Skiff!
A telephone answering system for the Skiff
Current solution: The phone in the skiff rings, someone has to answer it and often doesn't know where to direct the caller.
I (tom) have already written most of this, you can try it out at 01273 253718. I have a volunteer (Cori from Future Platforms, thanks Cori!) to record the greetings so we can get rid of the robot voice. It also should be integrated with the captains app so that the emergency option can call the current capatian.