[hackerspaces] Collaborative coding - lowering the entry barrier for beginning hackerspaces

[Matt lehner]

I would be interested in helping with this project. Here in Buffalo we
are using meetup.com to schedule our events. It works fairly well, but
it is a paid service and I would like to not have that monthly expense
forever.

Some other features off the top of my head would be:

1) Event reminders (configurable. 1 week before, 2 days before, whatever)
2) RSVP with number of guests
3) Recurring events
4) Event suggestion area

Matt

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Barry Coughlan <barry at 091labs.com> wrote:
> Hello from 091 Labs,
>
> We're a newly formed hackerspace in Galway, Ireland - we've been open 5
> weeks. We're finding that the administrative side of things is consuming far
> too much of our time. One of the things we're working on is to design,
> document and share projects that are useful to hackerspaces worldwide. For
> example, we're currently working on an open alarm system and motion
> detection security system.
>
> One of the areas that takes up way too much of our time is event management.
> This email is a call for spaces interested in collaboratively coding such a
> system that would meet our needs. We'd all like to lower the entry barrier
> and see even more hackerspaces popping up around the world, and this could
> greatly help with that.
>
> This would involve fleshing out an essential features list, after which I
> can design an architecture and mock objects so that each participating
> hackerspace can code a part of the system independently, and we can stick it
> all together at the end. My aim is to have a working version of this by next
> Saturday - very doable if a few spaces get involved.
>
> Here's the feature list we need for 091 Labs:
> - Customisable HTML form that inserts into an SQL database
> - Wordpress plugin to include this form (and optionally require
> authentication)
> - A PHP backend for approving events and sending them to various social
> media sites (this would be the best bit)
> The idea being that we can reduce the administrative crud by the person
> holding the workshops giving the required information and being able to send
> it out to facebook/twitter/blog/calendar with one click.
> --> Event announce on Twitter via Twitter API
> --> Facebook event creation and posting on your group page (Event creation
> not allowed by Facebook API AFAIK - could be done using cURL)
> --> Wordpress Blog updating to announce events
> --> Post to Google calendar
> - Be able to create an email template containing a summary of the weekly
> events for mailing to members.
> - Paypal integration for pre-booking workshops/events & Wordpress plugin
> (I'm familiar with Paypal integration and could take this on)
>
> Also anyone handy with Photoshop interested in creating templates for
> flyers/posters would be cool, it could work towards creating a "starter
> pack" for new spaces to get up and running.
>
> Anyone interested in participating reply before Monday to indicate, and
> include other features that would be useful to you (and doable), and I'll
> try to have an architecture by Monday so we can collaborate on the project.
>
> Regards,
> Barry Coughlan
> http://091labs.com
>
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