IT Volunteer Day is Coming on March 29th!

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Hello everyone!

Have you ever made use of Asmbly’s IT infrastructure? …You have? :open_mouth:

Well, great! :smiley: We’re inviting all volunteers, regardless of IT experience level, to join us for our inaugural IT Volunteer Day meeting on March 29th from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

There’s a lot that goes into maintaining Asmbly’s digital ecosystem that helps govern and operate the physical space, including our websites, CRM systems, Skedda, Alta Open, security cameras, and general-use computers. These implementations aren’t always perfect, and we occasionally encounter technical issues with these digital systems and tools not functioning properly. Thankfully, the volunteers on the IT committee have worked behind the scenes to ensure that all of Asmbly’s online resources remain accessible to you! :onit: :onit: :onit:

In addition to addressing these issues, we also want to build a roadmap for new features and improvements to make our services more useful and engaging, which is why we’re inviting anyone to come to volunteer day. You don’t need any IT experience to join this meeting if you’re simply interested in sharing ideas or learning how to contribute. We’ll talk about the various ways to get involved, including whether you should use AI to contribute and how our GitHub repo alone is an incredible way to help improve our backend!

We hope to see you there!

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Here are some thought provoking questions for you:

  • What would you like to be able to check the status of remotely?
  • What would you like to happen automatically?
  • What would you like to be notified about?
  • What systems do you want to tinker with?

Some of my answers:

  • I’d love an end-of-booking cleanup reminder ~15m before my time is up.
  • Did I leave the gas on? AKA, could we monitor the gas pressure to the welders? (I haven’t found a capable sensor yet.)
  • Social sharing of upcoming events and flyers could be easier. I forward too many emails or screenshots with descriptions to friends.
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When I used the big lasers this weekend I found Tarkin’s chiller was left on when no one was around. A project that may be useful and adjacent to “did I leave the gas on?” set off an alarm or notify stewards if a device is on abnormally long or when there’s no active booking.