[hackerspaces] Space management apps - what we have, what we need?

[Amran]

that certainly sounds like a brief attempt at ranged voting

i know the london hackspace uses http://www.openstv.org/ for their
director elections.

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Paul Brown <paul90brown at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure what voting method we use for elections, but I can describe it.
> Voting is open for a week and everyone gets 5 votes. There are no repeated
> votes allowed and you don't rank the priority of your vote. The 5 people
> with the most votes win (if you want to call being a director of a
> hackerspace winning).
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Amran <amx109 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> nice list! what voting method do you use? first past the post? or
>> something in the 'ranged voting' category?
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Paul Brown <paul90brown at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Here's what Dallas Makerspace is using:
>> >
>> > Calendar: https://github.com/pawl/CalendarAdmin + Google Calendar +
>> > Eventbrite (for ticketed events) + Meetup.com
>> > Voting: https://github.com/Dallas-Makerspace/Voting (only used for
>> > elections)
>> > Access control:
>> > https://github.com/pawl/Chinese-RFID-Access-Control-Library
>> > + https://github.com/pawl/MakerManager
>> > Accounting: Quickbooks
>> > Mailing List: Google Groups
>> > User accounts: OpenLDAP
>> > Wiki: MediaWiki
>> > To-do List: trello.com
>> > Billing/Payment Processing: http://www.whmcs.com/ (mostly because it
>> > allows
>> > tracking existing paypal recurring payments, it also has "hooks" that
>> > can be
>> > used to automatically deactivate RFID badges if they don't pay)
>> > Inventory (not used as much as we'd like):
>> > https://github.com/Dallas-Makerspace/Inventory /
>> > https://github.com/Dallas-Makerspace/DMSSimpleInventory
>> >
>> > Our needs? Our new calendar management app needs more features, like
>> > adding
>> > new events to eventbrite and meetup.com automatically (to reach a wider
>> > audience): https://github.com/pawl/CalendarAdmin
>> >
>> > I also have some some access control systems I can give away if someone
>> > wants to help tackle some of the TODOs on this project:
>> > https://github.com/pawl/Chinese-RFID-Access-Control-Library
>> >
>> > The relevant running a hackerspace post:
>> >
>> > http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/post/57715747994/implementing-a-process-that-works-well-for-another
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Shirley Hicks
>> > <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Ed, there are a few people at our space who'd be interested in this
>> >> discussion as we're looking at developing a system including Seltzer
>> >> for our
>> >> own use. We're currently gearing up using paper, spreadsheets, lots of
>> >> forms
>> >> and GNUCash.
>> >>
>> >> By chance have you talked to the Space Federation (umbrella
>> >> organization
>> >> in which not a few makers spaces are taking part) folks out of
>> >> Milwaukee?
>> >> (http://schoolfactory.org/spacefed) I think that they're thinking the
>> >> same
>> >> thing long term.
>> >>
>> >> -- Shirley Hicks
>> >> Red Mountain Makers
>> >> Birmingham, AL
>> >>
>> >> On Sep 2, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Edward L Platt <ed at elplatt.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >> There are a good number of hackerspace management apps out there
>> >> (including Seltzer, which I maintain). Different ones are good for
>> >> different
>> >> things, and it seems like there's not one that works well for everyone.
>> >> Seltzer is at a point where it's useful, but I'm not sure whether it
>> >> makes
>> >> more sense to continue adding features, move to another project, or
>> >> start a
>> >> new one.
>> >>
>> >> My goal is to see more collaboration between spaces on building a
>> >> smaller
>> >> number of more mature tools. If you're interested in helping to make
>> >> this
>> >> happen, mail me off list and I'll include you in the discussion.
>> >>
>> >> -Ed
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Edward L. Platt
>> >> http://elplatt.com
>> >> http://civic.mit.edu/users/elplatt
>> >> http://i3detroit.com
>> >> @elplatt
>> >>
>> >> This electronic mail message was sent from my desktop personal
>> >> computer.
>> >> Please forgive any long-winded, overly-prosaic ramblings.
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