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== Agenda ==
= Agenda =


* Introductions
* Introductions
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** Voting system
** Voting system
* Wrap up
* Wrap up
= Notes =
We discussed the project of setting up a builtin board/discussion board system.  Potential candidates
* reddit software. https://github.com/reddit/
* https://open.vanillaforums.com/download
* https://mybb.com/
* https://github.com/reddit/reddit
* https://riot.im/
* https://www.phpbb.com/
* https://about.mattermost.com/
* https://rocket.chat/ - heard about it from CAPP
* slack
The reddit/subreddit approach could support natural forms of growth.
If (say) on particular area becomes dominant, you can break that off
into a subreddit.
Our list of requirements:
* Minimal babysitting
* ability to integrate with anti-spam accounts (e.g. Akismet)
* ability to detected spam accounts (never had arcticles accepted for posting)
* ease of account creation.  Should be easy to create accounts.  Low friction to sign up
* ability to have different discussion groups
* FOSS
* anti-harrassment facilities.  (e.g., Person A doesn't want to see posts from person B)
* should be able to self-host.  This is a preference more than a hard requirement
* Works with our hosting provider
* Ability to show people what is happening locally, regionally and statewide

Latest revision as of 17:33, 18 February 2017

Agenda

  • Introductions
  • Tutorials/Skill Share
    • How to upgrade drupal/civi
    • How to upgrade wordpress
    • using git for backups
  • To-do Projects
  • Discussions
    • Offsite Backups
  • Future Projects
    • Building a voter record CSV import
    • Adding crypto currency donations
    • Cycling passwords
    • Message board
    • Voting system
  • Wrap up

Notes

We discussed the project of setting up a builtin board/discussion board system. Potential candidates

The reddit/subreddit approach could support natural forms of growth. If (say) on particular area becomes dominant, you can break that off into a subreddit.


Our list of requirements:

  • Minimal babysitting
  • ability to integrate with anti-spam accounts (e.g. Akismet)
  • ability to detected spam accounts (never had arcticles accepted for posting)
  • ease of account creation. Should be easy to create accounts. Low friction to sign up
  • ability to have different discussion groups
  • FOSS
  • anti-harrassment facilities. (e.g., Person A doesn't want to see posts from person B)
  • should be able to self-host. This is a preference more than a hard requirement
  • Works with our hosting provider
  • Ability to show people what is happening locally, regionally and statewide
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