====== IRC Meetings & Protokolle ======

===== Agenda for IRC meeting 2011-03-24 9 PM CET =====
== status ==
  * 60 members on vz-dev
    * how do you use volkszaehler.org?
    * how many meters/sensors do you have?
  * done:
    * visualisation for: electric power, water consumption, temperature & many more..
    * gotten rid of [[development/prototype|prototype]] (is switched off by now!)
    * stable [[development:api:start|API]] (AJAX/JSON)
    * a vz-dev member is now member of official e6 repo (hooray!)
== plans for v0.2 ==
  * [[software:releases:0.2|release]] (have a stable version people can use vs. bleeding edge)
  * public demo
  * a few bug fixes (see http://bugs.volkszaehler.org/)
  * renaming our backend to "middleware"
== future plans ==
  * [[software:controller:vzlogger|vzlogger]]:
    * support additional sensors: split core transducers (easier installation), killAWatt, eHz (SML), currentCost, 1-Wire
    * support additional controllers: fluksoUSB, flukso
  * overhaul frontend:
    * less buttons
    * clearer navigation
    * more "[[misc:compare|virtual units]]" ("g CO2", "light bulbs", "Apple TVs", "km cycling", "sit-ups", "power plants", ...)
  * distribution channels:
    * tarball
    * .deb, .rpm
    * PEAR
  * implement additional frontends:
    * smartphones: iPhone, Android
    * retain attention of users:
      * monthly reports as mail, fax
      * moodligths ([[software:frontends:fnordlicht|fnordlicht]])
    * **//new [[software:frontends:start|visualisation]] methods// => how can we get more information out of our data?**
  * improve middleware/database performance
  * implement triggers: send email/sms/twitter based on thresholds:
    * no pulses for n hours
    * power/temperature exceeds n watts/°C
    * consumption of current day/week/month exceeds the value of the previous interval by n%
  * see [[::wishlist|wishlist]]

== electro camp 11.05 ==
  * status
  * plans
  * ideas

== miscellaneous ==
  * why we should have all documentation (incl. the list) in english?
  * should we have some kind of a member survey to get more detailed feedback? is a survey worth the effort?
  * [[development/soc|]] ("donation of men hours", interests, ideas?)