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 ====== reMMinderbot ======
-reMMinderbot is the first attempt at automating reminders and notifications for Milwaukee Makerspace.
+reMMinderbot is an 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.
+Right now there is an email address set up 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 [[Members/PeteProdoehl|Pete Prodoehl]] about getting the login info.)
+(If you want to send emails from this account, please talk to [[Members/PeteProdoehl|Pete Prodoehl]] about getting the login info. - Never mind... it's broken. Dan J. said he would fix it up but Pete is way too lazy to pursue that offer.)
 ===== Meeting Reminder =====
-The first application is a meeting reminder email. Every Tuesday morning a message like this should be sent out:
+Every Tuesday morning reMMinderbot lets us know about the meeting happening that night. It will also tell you which side of the street to park on.
+(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.)
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       <nowiki>http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/meetingagenda/2012-04-03</nowiki>\\
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+  (Please park on the same side of the street from the space)\\
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   Thank you!\\
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-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.)
 ===== Builder's Night Out Reminder =====
-reMMinderbot waits until Thursday to tell the list that it's Builder's Night Out.
+reMMinderbot waits until Thursday to tell the list that it's Builder's Night Out. It will also tell you which side of the street to park on.
+(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.)
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   a night of making or building, or tinkering, or raiding the Hack Rack.\\
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+  (Please park on the same side of the street from the space)\\
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   reMMinderbot thanks you!\\
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-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.
 ===== Random Wiki Find =====
-On Wednesday reMMinderbot reminds us about the wiki by giving us a URL to a random page:
+On Wednesday reMMinderbot used to remind us about the wiki by giving us a URL to a random page:
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-\\
-DokuWiki lacked a "random page" feature so Pete had to fix the outdated plugin to work just for this. Thanks!
+DokuWiki lacked a "random page" feature so Pete had to fix the outdated plugin to work just for this.
+(This one is disabled for now. It will be replaced with a more useful function.)
 ===== Blog Post Reminder =====
-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 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.
+(If all goes well, we should never see this one. If we do see it, it means we aren't writing many blog posts.)
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-If all goes well, we should never see this one. If we do see it, it means we aren't writing many blog posts.
 ===== What Have You Been Hacking/Making =====
-This one runs every Monday, asking members to update the list on things they've been doing.
+This one runs every Monday, asking members to update the list with things they've been doing.
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 ===== Space Improvement Day =====
-This one runs on the Wednesday before the last Sunday of the month, reminding people about the Space Improvement Day where we clean up and organize things.
+This one runs on the Wednesday (and Saturday!) before the last Sunday of the month, reminding people about the Space Improvement Day where we clean up and organize things.
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   This is a message from reMMinderbot.\\
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-  Join us on Sanday for our monthly Space Improvement Day!\\
+  Join us on Sunday for our monthly Space Improvement Day!\\
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-  Help the Makerspace be more awesome by cleaning up and organinzing\\
+  Help the Makerspace be more awesome by cleaning up and\\
-  things so we can spend more time making and less time dealing\\
+  organizing things so we can spend more time making and\\
-  with clutter.\\
+  less time dealing with clutter.\\
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+===== Events from the Calendar =====
+Each day this one grabs our calendar feed from Google and finds events taking place, and then let's people know about them. It magically started working one day, and may magically stop working one day. Google is fickle like that.
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+  Fresh from the Milwaukee Makerspace calendar!\\
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+   Trash Day\\
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+   Empty the trash cans!\\
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+   Tue Nov 12 12:00:00 2013 - Tue Nov 12 12:30:00 2013\\
+\\ ''
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    * [[Members/PeteProdoehl|Pete Prodoehl]]
-   * [[members:jasongessner|jason g.]]

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