Dear Flint, I believe that your system for Roberts Rules has already been implemented in the court systems, to a certain degree.
I would recommend taking a look into it Regards, Chris Yarger On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings List Lurkers, > > Welcome to your official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI) > Adult Swim. The swim stars at 5:00 PM), when we shall continue to ply the > chaos of dealing with the all manner of technology, with an emphasis on > open source stuff... The problem today will be how to contain inspiration. > > While the Arduino continues to be the captivating bit of open source > hardware and software, we expect to present at the Maker Faire later this > month the Dallas 1-wire sensors configured in using the Chris Yarger method > and our flashy new hardware enclosure method showcasing the Arduino. > > While "tsp" site has been updated: > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**tsp<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tsp>and > contains more pictures and will have pictures of the enclosure soon. > Chris and I will throw together a presentation on this system at the Maker > Fair in Burlington > (http://www.**champlainmakerfaire.com/<http://www.champlainmakerfaire.com/>) > on September 29th. Again, the pellet furnace, and temperature monitoring > projects all seem to converge around this Amtel chip set. > > But the inspiration came this weekend. I was in one of "those meetings" > that life forces to attend every now and then. Anyway I was half paying > attention and talking to Terri, their "parlementarian", and a thought hit > me like a freight train... > > How hard could it be to use an application to track the process of the > meeting, especially when the application needs only to track the meeting in > the rather constrained context of "Roberts Rules of Order"? > > Wait for it... > The new project is located here: > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**robotsrules<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/robotsrules> > > Can you imagine how much of an impact you would have if you could write an > application to keep track of motions, count calls for division, remember > who seconded what, the silly thing could optionally record the whole > meeting. The output of this would be three things: > > 1. A very nice meeting minutes > 2. Optional recording of the meeting. > > 3. Absolute World Domination to whoever got this running first. > > I looked around on the web briefly and this might even be an original. > If anyone can find a project working on this I would be happy to use that. > > ....so much for inspiration... > > Other ongoing, or maybe not so ongoing... projects, but again not as cool > as the new one include: > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**arduino<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/arduino>- > moving in the arduino groove > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**javajive<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/javajive>- > to get better at Javascript > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**tsp <http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tsp> - > Temperature Sensors Project > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**furmon<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/furmon>- > Furnace Monitoring > > The snowba money pit... > > On the subject of the snowba, I need to find the manual on the electric > wheelchair this is based upon. There appears to be a hack waiting to > happen if I can get information about the chair's original controller. Wish > me luck or point me in a good direction, but thanks existentially in any > event. Stack that up against the well-healed patron who realizes the > research potential of the Barre Open Systems Institute and cut us a large > check. > > ...ah, for a well healed sponsor! > > Otherwise Barre indeed remains a great venue for a Linux and Open Source > Software meeting. That said, we continue to find our grubby mitts on the > Dallas Semi "1-wire" temperature probes, and the Arduino, clearly the > coolest thing all year, the electric wheel-chair and more old computers > than you can imagine... > > Do not forget that the Barre library stocks "Linux World", the DVD are > soon to be available. Don't reveal your source, I think I have some fines > overdue... > > Anyway, come and do open source stuff. For more information about the BOSI > Adult Swim meeting time and location try this: > > http://www.flint.com/adult_**swim_location/index_html<http://www.flint.com/adult_swim_location/index_html> > > Show up at the the Hedding United Methodist Church Basement if you have > questions or are interested in Linux or the concept of free and open > systems, The basement of the Hedding UMC facility is actually working out > pretty well. > > If you wish to be included on the "Linux_adult_swim" mailing list, send a > response to this note. Note that the mailing list system is a bit peevish > right now. Let me know if you have any difficulties. Note that I will be > updating the list-server by next week. > > > Kindest Regards, > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************** > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > numerantur ^^-^^ > ______________________________**_________________ > Linux_adult_swim mailing list > [email protected].**com <[email protected]> > http://docbox.flint.com/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/linux_**adult_swim<http://docbox.flint.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux_adult_swim> >
