[Gllug] Meeting scheduler software

John Hearns john.hearns at cern.ch
Fri Sep 6 08:02:22 UTC 2002


On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 08:34, Jim Bailey wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Not sure why I got lumbered with this task since I spend most of time
> alone on nights and have successfully avoided most meetings since I
> started.
> 
> It is a strange shopping list but here is the griff,  I have been asked
> by the management to find a meeting/room scheduler.  The current system
> sucks.  I have trawled fresh meat and sourforge and of course google but
> haven't found anything that matches their requirements.  Which I have
> listed below.  If people think I am been a bit cheeky feel free to flame
> off or on list or better yet just ignore me.
> 
> What they want sounds quite resonable even sensible to my sleep deprived
> mind. 
> 
> Web interface:
> half the people her use linux the other MS I use both and Mac OS 9/ X. ;)
> 
> Snappy user front end that can be personalised:
> Not sure what they mean here but prolly choice of hideous colours and
> lang support.
> 
> Schedule recurring room reservations by day, week etc:
> Seems reasonable to me.
> 
> Print room schedule by day or week for posting outside room:
> Ditto
> 
> Schedule additonal equipment:
> AV stuff mainly I think
> 
> Schedule refreshments by head count and type:
> they are pushing it a bit here IMHO but I will list it anyhow.
> 

Jim, you are asking a lot. 
I tentatively suggest a custom-written application.


Another thing to check out might be Skyrix, which SuSE distribute
as part of their Email Server.
It does room bookings and stuff.
But not tea and coffee!
http://www.skyrix.com/en/index.xhtml





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