[NGO] Event Registration

[Jon Stahl]

Aaron-

I think that a "simple" (ha!) event registration product such as you
describe below makes a LOT of sense.

I also throw out the idea that for more complex event registration
needs, such as those Totsie describes (especially where one is selling
tickets to the event), one might consider integrating with an event
registration tool such as BrownPaperTickets.com.  Full disclosure: I
know BPT's founder, Steve Butcher, he is a great guy, a good friend to
ONE/Northwest, and very interested in supporting integration with
open-source CMSes like Plone.

best,
jon


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ngo-bounces at lists.plone.org 
> [mailto:ngo-bounces at lists.plone.org] On Behalf Of Aaron VanDerlip
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:26 AM
> To: ngo at lists.plone.org
> Subject: [NGO] Event Registration
> 
> To all,
> 
> I have been tasked, with some funds, to develop a simple event
> registration product for Plone.    I have looked at this product
> http://plone.org/products/eventregistration, but it is not 
> actively being developed.  My goal is to create a product 
> that is generic enough to meet the needs of the wide range of 
> groups that need simple event registration. 
> 
> Here is a list of criteria thus far
> 
> * Each Event/Signup? is a folderish type that will store Registrants
> * The Registrant type must be configurable, preferably TTW 
> using ATSchemaEditorNG?  In my experience the data that 
> groups need to capture event is so different (for example: 
> canoe type) that trying to come up with a set of fields that 
> will fit all does not seem realistic.
> * The Event must be able to set both a maximum registrant 
> size and a waiting list size
> * Registrant is sent and email upon submission (workflow script)
> * Anonymous user can create Registrant (workflow script similar to
> CMFMember)
> * Simple mechanism to email current registrants
> * Mechanism to dump data as CSV file
> 
> I am putting this out there to see if there is interest in 
> developing/reviewing the code and whether the initial design makes
> sense.  Ideally this should probably live in the collective.   One
> question I have is whether I should attempt to pickup and 
> extent the existing EventRegistration product or come up with 
> a new name
> (SignUpSheet?) since the end product will be quite a bit 
> different in terms of code. 
> 
> Feel free to contact me if you have any interest in 
> contributing to this project.
> 
> Aaron


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