boffer

OSCOM BOF beast

April 18, 2003

This a rudimentary tool for scheduling Bird of a Feather sessions at OSCOM 3. It is derived from http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/. The primary differences are that in this version

You are mostly limited to a set of days.
It is possible to add comments to a session.
The sessions are syndicated via rss 1.0 and 2.0.
There are new data points for areas, rooms, and sessions.

Prior to releasing this for use by the conference goers, i intend to add

The ability to set an 'open' and 'close' time for a location so that restaurants and bars are easier to use as predetermined locations.
Better data quality checking.
Some cleaning up of the ui and interaction between the various functionalities.
A post to [participants] whenever a new BOF or meeting is added.
Either no longer require authentication for the admin features or make use of midgard or openldap. Currently, all authentication is turned off.
The only difference between and admin and a regular user is the ability to add/edit/delete areas and rooms.
There is also logic from mrbs that only allows the creator of a session to edit/delete said session.
Either update or remove the help
Anything else y'all think should be added/substracted.

I intend to add most of these items today (april 18, 2003) while flying and will post an update tonight. With y'all's blessing, I intend to release it to the general public by Monday morning UTC.

Please use and send me your comments. Thank you very much.

April 19, 2003

Added

A generic set a meeting place and time feature that is not linked to a predetermined location and a set duration.
The ability to set an 'open' and 'close' time for a location so that restaurants and bars are easier to use as predetermined locations.
Removed all authentication and changed 'Admin' to 'Add Area'.
Updated the help, mostly by excising.
Changed some of the vocabulary in the english lang. file
A post to [participants] whenever a new BOF or meeting is added. Should comments on BOFs go to [participants], too?
This is mostly untested as i've been working offnet. But, hey "it works on my machine!".
A field for a URL to a map for an area.

April 23, 2003

Added

Updated text on Admin page to reflect new Add Area focus.
Added db table dump before any update or insert.
Made some small changes to layout for presentation of comments

April 24, 2003

Quietly made available on oscom 3 conference site.

Added

Mapping data for some meeting areas.

April 29, 2003

Announced on particpants list

Added

Altered the structure of the mail to the participants list when a new BOF is scheduled

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