13 Jan
2016
13 Jan
'16
12:46 p.m.
Hi Stacy, good idea.
We verify people's email addresses as valid on an annual basis. It's
probably not very hard for Chris (G1FEF, the author of the portal
software) to alter that schedule for people who have the 'coordinator'
flag turned on in their user record. Exactly who and how the
notifications take place needs to be worked out but I don't think it
presents a lot of difficulty. Let's see what Chris says.
- Brian
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:27:21AM -0800, Stacy wrote:
If there is a problem with coordinators "dropping
out" for various
reasons (forgot to update contact into, deceased, etc), then there is
a possible way to automate this:
-Say every 3-6 months (maybe more, maybe less), have the ampr.org
system send out a message to the registered coordinators address
asking to verify/update their contact info. You could also make this
a semi-annual affairs in like January and July (or any other two
months). Failure to do so after 3 tries over a week or so results in
a message being sent to a predefined address (even this list) saying
that the automated verification system failed to receive a response
from x. You could even go one step further and have several
coordinators for the verification system itself which receive
notification of the first several failed attempts at contacting a
coordinator, so they can take steps to get in touch and keep the
final messages from going out to the list. The possibilities are
endless, and it likely would not be too difficult for someone with a
moderate amount of <insert favorite scripting language for web apps
here> using a database backed system to implement it (or add fields
to the existing ampr.org databases for verification).
This would help ensure that any "gaps" are fixed within a reasonable
amount of time for this volunteer run project.
Just my 2 cents.
73
Stacy
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