reMMinderbot is the first attempt at automating reminders and notifications for Milwaukee Makerspace.

Right now there is an email address set up at remminderbot@2xlnetworks.net which a member could use to have an automated agent send email from. This email is subscribed to the mailing list, so it can send messages to it for all to see.

(If you want to send emails from this account, please talk to Pete Prodoehl about getting the login info.)

The first application is a meeting reminder email. Every Tuesday morning a message like this should be sent out:


This is a message from reMMinderbot.

There is a meeting tonight at 7pm.

See the agenda (and add to it) here:

http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/meetingagenda/2012-04-03


Thank you!



The script fills in the date for the subject line and the link to the agenda. Currently there is no validation that the link exists, but that could be added, as could pulling the agenda items into the email. (It's a work in progress.)

reMMinderbot waits until Thursday to tell the list that it's Builder's Night Out.


This is a message from reMMinderbot.

Hey humans, it is Thursday! That means “Builder's Night Out” is at 7pm.

You should invite your favorite non-member maker friend to join you for
a night of making or building, or tinkering, or raiding the Hack Rack.


reMMinderbot thanks you!



Builder's Night Out is our open night, and a chance for non-members to visit the space. Members should encourage others to join them for this weekly event.

On Wednesday reMMinderbot reminds us about the wiki by giving us a URL to a random page:


This is a message from reMMinderbot.

Here is today's Random Wiki Find:

http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/projects/remminderbot

What, you don't like that one? Find your own!

http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/?do=randompage


reMMinderbot signing off! *bloop* *bloop*



DokuWiki lacked a “random page” feature so Pete had to fix the outdated plugin to work just for this. Thanks!

This one runs every day, and it checks when the last blog post was, and if it's been a few days, it asks you to write a new post:


This is a message from reMMinderbot.

Humans! Do you even remember you have a web site!? It's right here:

http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/

What, you don't like that one? Find your own!

When's the last time you wrote a post, hmmm?

According to my enormous robot brain it's been 4.36275 days since the last post!

Share the love you filthy humans!

Write about something you did at the space so others can be inspired.


reMMinderbot out! *beep* *beep* *beep*



If all goes well, we should never see this one. If we do see it, it means we aren't writing many blog posts.

This one runs every Monday, asking members to update the list on things they've been doing.


This is a message from reMMinderbot.

Makers! It's time to share… what have you been hacking on or making?

Reply to this email with a brief run-down of whatever projects have
been keeping you busy, either at the space or elsewhere.


reMMinderbot thanks you!



• Pete Prodoehl
• jason g.