Chat page about custom booking thing

Booking Software Discussion page

To use discusions put the Round (like turns each) of discussion, and an identifier (your name)

NW r1 :

• get "something" up fast.

Custom system is able (in the future) to:

• pencilled-in bookings (not hard bookings)
• new 'no keys' users being able to mark that they'd like access / tuition
• deadlines - "I have to do X by 5pm"
• move bookings, edit them, extend them
• put notices up about the machine / notes (like C19 specific rules)
• communicate from one user to the next "it's not cutting right, see what you think"

LATER or deeper:

• rota cleaning / maintenance + schedule me
• see how much time each user has been on
• if disputes arise, then you can add users/ passwords, time limits, credits on how much you're allowed per week/month/year, credits on if you allowed somebody else to take your booking
• book people in for training
• get people to cut /print things for you when they're in (like drop files that can be printed)
• machine specific status / discussion pages. [wiki?]

at it's most basic

'book equiptment' goes to a webpage with a choice of bookable areas/machines. You click one, it shows you the next booked events in time order (a list of text events). At the top you can add a new booking. You type into a box, and the computer tries to understand the text (computers can do this surprisingly well). You can book any amount of time, and simply add text with your name.

• no log in
• no users
• no limits
• changes are logged though, so as to have a backbone for disputes ("i didn't change that")

IF there are problems or abuses, then we solve those problems with restrictions, rules, regulations, etc.