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Would you/your company be interested in a Mincha reminder and check-in system?

Would be nice but only if it's free
11 (78.6%)
Yes, we would be happy to pay a monthly fee of maximum $10
1 (7.1%)
Yes, we would be happy to pay a monthly fee of maximum $20
0 (0%)
Yes, we would be happy to pay a monthly fee of maximum $25
1 (7.1%)
No thanks, we manage very well without a "system" or we use a "traditional" system
1 (7.1%)

Total Members Voted: 14

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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #20 on: November 20, 2017, 07:32:46 PM »
Worked out wonderful!
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #21 on: November 20, 2017, 07:40:43 PM »
Worked out wonderful!
Cool! Happy to hear.  :)
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #23 on: June 27, 2018, 07:35:27 PM »
Not sure this is the right place to post:
Remote community wants to suggest occasional/irregularly scheduled Minyanim (e.g. for Yahrzeit) and get an idea how many members can commit to coming. It’s international, so the OP’s solution probably won’t work.

The concept is for members to get a notification on their app of proposed minyan date/time and accept/decline, and see a current tally of accepted/declined members.

The solution has to be very secure (safety is a high priority for them), cost effective, and user friendly. Anyone know of an app out of the box that’ll work for this? Something that functions like a Facebook event but is secure and not posted on the public internet.
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2018, 10:12:28 PM »
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #25 on: June 28, 2018, 01:53:49 PM »
Not sure this is the right place to post:
Remote community wants to suggest occasional/irregularly scheduled Minyanim (e.g. for Yahrzeit) and get an idea how many members can commit to coming. It’s international, so the OP’s solution probably won’t work.

The concept is for members to get a notification on their app of proposed minyan date/time and accept/decline, and see a current tally of accepted/declined members.

The solution has to be very secure (safety is a high priority for them), cost effective, and user friendly. Anyone know of an app out of the box that’ll work for this? Something that functions like a Facebook event but is secure and not posted on the public internet.
Wouldn't a standard meeting request (Google Calendar, or the like) work just fine for this?
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #26 on: June 28, 2018, 03:13:13 PM »
Wouldn't a standard meeting request (Google Calendar, or the like) work just fine for this?
Too simple  ;D

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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #27 on: June 28, 2018, 03:39:09 PM »
Too simple  ;D
I work in software, and I can tell you that one of the most important (and difficult to find) skills for a developer is understand requirements and devise SIMPLE solutions to problems
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #28 on: June 28, 2018, 04:24:04 PM »
I work in software, and I can tell you that one of the most important (and difficult to find) skills for a developer is understand requirements and devise SIMPLE solutions to problems
can't like this enough
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #29 on: June 28, 2018, 05:09:35 PM »
can't like this enough
You can start with clicking it once :)

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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #30 on: November 06, 2019, 09:45:14 AM »
We've improved our system a lot, and added loads of new features such as an option to add a monitor next to you room that shows status updates... I was thinking if this would be useful to sell as a service, would anyone pay a minimal monthly fee for a system like this? If yes how much?
Not looking to get rich on this but would need to charge a sustainable fee.

Will add a poll
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #31 on: November 06, 2019, 09:53:19 AM »
You can start with clicking it once :)
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #32 on: November 06, 2019, 10:18:43 AM »

Every place has different challenges, for us Google calendar didn't work, but the custom solution is a breeze
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #34 on: November 06, 2019, 11:38:54 AM »
Here is our basic feature list so far:

-custom DID is created with twilio
-users can sign up by sending a text to that number with Start
-admins can manage and add users via a dashboard
-Users can opt-in to get a "call" reminder x-minutes Before
-First message sent at chosen time asking members if they will join today
-remidner message(s) can be sent at set intervals to members who didn't respond saying we now have X responders please respond
-confirmation message sent at set time confirming if there's minyan of not
-option for admin to get a text with the responder list
-a page where users can land and see the current status (this page can also be used to display on a monitor)
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #35 on: November 06, 2019, 12:06:39 PM »
Some screenshots
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #36 on: November 06, 2019, 12:10:12 PM »
Here is our basic feature list so far:

-custom DID is created with twilio
-users can sign up by sending a text to that number with Start
-admins can manage and add users via a dashboard
-Users can opt-in to get a "call" reminder x-minutes Before
-First message sent at chosen time asking members if they will join today
-remidner message(s) can be sent at set intervals to members who didn't respond saying we now have X responders please respond
-confirmation message sent at set time confirming if there's minyan of not
-option for admin to get a text with the responder list
-a page where users can land and see the current status (this page can also be used to display on a monitor)

I'm just curious, but who do you expect to "pay" for the service? I imagine if a shul/congregation uses it, they would foot the bill, but in a lot of workplace minyanim who's really the "owner" or organization that would pay for it? If chaim and yankel set up the original minyan, but then switch jobs, who's paying for the next year's subscription?

If you want to make the argument that a "heimishe" company will pay for it, it's probably also very likely that a Heimishe company would have enough people and a regularly scheduled minyan.


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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #37 on: November 06, 2019, 12:13:08 PM »
I'm just curious, but who do you expect to "pay" for the service? I imagine if a shul/congregation uses it, they would foot the bill, but in a lot of workplace minyanim who's really the "owner" or organization that would pay for it? If chaim and yankel set up the original minyan, but then switch jobs, who's paying for the next year's subscription?

If you want to make the argument that a "heimishe" company will pay for it, it's probably also very likely that a Heimishe company would have enough people and a regularly scheduled minyan.
I'm not expecting anyone to pay, we enjoy it so I was just curious if other people can benefit.

In our situation we have 22 people who officially work in the building however we cannot have a guaranteed regular minyan, furthermore the system itself encourages people to try to join so with this system we have a lot more chances to have minyan.

We foot the bill for everyone here which included the development and twilio costs.
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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #38 on: November 06, 2019, 12:20:36 PM »
I'm not expecting anyone to pay, we enjoy it so I was just curious if other people can benefit.

In our situation we have 22 people who officially work in the building however we cannot have a guaranteed regular minyan, furthermore the system itself encourages people to try to join so with this system we have a lot more chances to have minyan.

We foot the bill for everyone here which included the development and twilio costs.

I realize that, but you added a poll suggesting that you're curious as to what people would pay for this if you were to commercialize it - that's where my comment comes in.


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Re: Mincha Reminder & Check In System
« Reply #39 on: November 06, 2019, 12:35:19 PM »
I realize that, but you added a poll suggesting that you're curious as to what people would pay for this if you were to commercialize it - that's where my comment comes in.
It wouldn't be priced for profit only to sustain as mentioned
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