TodoList

2008-2009 Season Todo Timeline

Features to prioritize:

• beacon:
• multiple season in the database - next season's calendar
• add new users: ?
• add/remove/edit officers:
• lottery system 08-09
• get rid of autogen passswords, replace with url hash and force change of password on login

• wiki
• pdf of patrol manual
• board signoff of new patrol manual

beacon.tbsp.org

Patrol the "electronic backcountry" with Beacon: manage your own contact information, patrol schedule, and submit attendance and patrol reports electronically.

Next, head over to TBSPedia and docs.tbsp.org.

Beacon also integrates mailing lists and automatic Patrol Reminder emails.

Get started now by uploading your photo and checking to make sure your patrol schedule is correct!

Release Notes

Welcome to Beacon: Helping you find your information! This online utility is designed to help you patrol the "electronic backcountry," allowing you to manage your own contact information and patrol schedules, provide single-sign-on access to TBSPedia and the TBSP's document management system, and to manage Patrol Reports and attendance tracking.

An integral part of the patrol report filing process, Beacon allows easy indexing and access to PDF versions of our Patrol Reports, and gives mountain managers a powerful tool for recording events. Beacon also integrates integrated mailing list and automatic Patrol Reminder emails.

Get started now by uploading your photo and checking to make sure your patrol schedule is correct! This is the BETA release of Beacon, so there are sure to be bugs. Please use the link at the bottom-right hand corner of each page to report bugs.

New Features

With our new system you can now:

• Add and drop patrol days interactively
• Update your contact information. Switch yourself from active/inactive.
• File and categorize mountain manager reports online
• Single-Sign-On authentication for beacon.tbsp.org and wiki.tbsp.org
• Automatic "patrol" emails sent every Monday morning

Project Roadmap

• General
  • Need navigational links throughout

• users/
  • No per-user and group statistics
  • No show events are not subtracted from season totals per patrollers

• users/home
  • need to show under-reported patrollers in BRIGHT RED

• users/admin
  • Need page to create new users (esp. candidates)

• events/
  • Events are not season specific. A single query will return 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 events.
  • mountain manager should be informed of patrollers adding/dropping dates

• events/admin
  • Need function to bulk-add events for next season

• managers/
  • OpsOfficer should have a button to sign off and automatically submit patrol reports to Hank
  • need button to sign up for manager duty

• officers/
  • Need admin page to add/update/delete officer positions

• statuses/
  • Need admin access to modify user statuses

• maillists/
  • Need maillist for SAR team, Avy people, instructors, etc.
  • Need to add users for SAR team, mark non-tbsp as "V" visiting patrollers
  • Should have view to see members of a mailing list

Roadmap

• Write 2008-2009 Lottery System
• Allow users to select a season
• Add RSS to beacon homepage via MagpieRSS
• Add RSS feed of "recently changed" users

www.tbsp.org

• Replace front page with splash screen.
• Homepage should link to
  • TBSPedia
  • beacon.tbsp.org
  • sierraavalanchecenter.org
  • TBSPedia - Intro to the Patrol

wiki.tbsp.org

• PDF Export is done

Known issues

• Patrol Manual is not available
• Assign reviewers for Patrol Manual
• add librsvg for SVG image support

tbsp.org Automated Mailings

1. Automatic emails for patrol officer positions
2. Weekly Patrol Reminder emails

wish list

1. Mountain Manager email address (how to specify? mm@tbsp.org?)
2. Nag mail for filing patrol reports