[hackerspaces] Tool access scheduling/calendar software

[Pete Prodoehl]

We often have people send an email to the mailing list that looks like:

"Hello, I'd like to reserve the 60 watt laser cutter from 5pm to 6pm for 
a project"

And that mostly works...

Last time I looked at "meeting room reservation systems" there were a 
bunch of them, and plenty were open source. (Though I can't speak to the 
quality of them.)

One of the issues with doing it via email or the web is that people 
might come into the shop and just start using something without checking 
if it's been reserved.

One way around that could be a SBC with a screen that shows the 
reservation calendar or something. Maybe a Raspberry Pi plugged into a 
monitor that displays upcoming reservations, and lives right in the 
space or by the tool.


Pete


On 6/2/15 1:06 PM, opit wrote:
> Hi all,
> here at Technarium we've reached a point where we'd like to use a system
> for reserving tools/working spaces/scheduling events. I've looked at
> https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Hackerspace_Software, but didn't find
> anything for us. What do you use at your space? Does anyone know of a
> preferably self-hosted and open-source solution?
> Thanks,
> #o
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