On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Matt Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:
> Are you sure there isn't software out there that would do what you want?

> As for money, I'll let other people give you numbers, but I'd recommend
> pricing it according to the degree to which you like doing it. If you don't
> like doing it, there's no harm in pricing yourself out of the market.

I read this, this morning, after seeing a similar thread on Reddit:

http://breakingthetimebarrier.freshbooks.com

It's pretty good - talks a lot about figuring out what your value is,
and what you should charge.  Summary:  don't bill for time, bill for
the value you bring to the client/customer.   In this case, you'd bill
(I think) for the reduced hassle of someone not having to manually
figure out who can take time off, and when, and for the benefit of
choir members being able to self-manage the process.

The task sounds a lot like a modified version of a room reservation
system.  Turn the problem on its head - there are only so many slots
for people to take vacation at once, and you can track THAT fairly
trivially with existing software.  You're not tracking people, you're
tracking usage of available vacation periods.

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