Technology Committee Meeting - October 30th, 2021

Technology Committee Meetings
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Meeting Info

In person & online via Google Meet.

Saturday, October 30 · 1:30 – 2:30pm

Google Meet joining info

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/rps-azwv-pzh

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 484-452-4674‬ PIN: ‪407 403 574‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/rps-azwv-pzh?pin=6089367708893

Some points of discussion

Intweb and Google Groups Migration Thoughts

Minutes/Notes

Attendance: John C, Dave V, Chris H, Drew K, Ryan A, Chris D, Paul V

Discourse Migration

• Discourse installation has had existing mailing list threads imported.
• "Staged" users have been created from existing posts.
• Overview of settings.
• Biggest hurdle now is how to efficiently migrate users from Google Groups in a "grandma-friendly" way

Intweb

Big questions:

• Identify features and capabilities that must be in whatever we move to.
• If it is paid, how much and in what method?
• Where would the data be hosted?
• How easy would an exit strategy be?
• Consider the longevity of the product, both past and future
• How trustworthy is the vendor, if it's not open source

Must haves

• API (for door controller, etc)
• Import member list
• Payment management
• Member self service

Less important, but good

• Custom attributes
• Single sign on capability

Action Items

• Discourse: Determine whether incremental thread import is possible
• Intweb: Fill out functional requirements for member and financial data
• Intweb: Feature matrix from software we've already identified to prioritize further scrutiny