Facebook App for Party Sign In Sheets

[PiLambda1]

This very cool...

And from Kettering -- who would've thought that?? :-)

[le996]

Yup, we'll spend 10 hours solving a 1 hour problem... just as long as we don't have to do anything manually

Any feedback is appreciated and will be considered!

[john1082]

And why not Kettering? It's an engineering school! And engineers NEVER do it the simple way. Kettering, MIT, GT, all those guys!

Now at Berkeley, it would have been "Hey man, whatever"

Originally Posted by PiLambda1

This very cool...

And from Kettering -- who would've thought that?? :-)

[JonoBN41]

Originally Posted by john1082

And engineers NEVER do it the simple way.

Well now, I'm not quite sure that's true. I'm quite proud of the roof on my observatory that withstands rain, snow loads, and hurricanes, yet has only two moving parts and opens in less than 15 seconds.

Oh, wait a minute. I majored in biology. Never mind.

You may be right after all.

[GammaZeta]

Just curious, wouldn't publishing a party list online be available for HQ to look at?

[le996]

Well, it doesn't publish it anymore than the current Facebook guest list does.

Basically, it says temporarily give me everyone who has RSVP'd and said they are coming or may come and give them to me in one spot and sorted alphabetically by last name, the program is designed to only give you the option of showing guest lists for parties of which you are the creator.

I can add a "write in feature" with a drop down for how many write in's you'd like.

This tools helps with a few of the biggest problems we have with our parties.
1) No one ever submits a list the epsilon and if they do, it's the over-zealous sophomore who thinks everyone one of his friends from HS is coming
2) When we do get a list, no one can ever find their name since it's hardly ever sorted. So we end up with a list with 400 scribbles and who can blame the guys at the door for not making sure everyone finds their name or signs legibly when the line is to the street?
3) The guys at the door don't know everyone, so inevitably, people crash... not a big deal if it's random university students stopping by, can lead to problems when it's naredowell locals. So by adding the pictures, we can cross reference (hopefully) faces to pictures.

[john1082]

Whether a random student from the university or a ne'er-do-well from the town, both are bad ju-ju.

If a party crasher gets through and something happens - and let's suppose that the crasher is NOT involved, a plaitiff attorney will request the guest list. We have to provide it.

Plaintiff counsel will check all the names that he can against that list. If a name came up in a police report, say the crasher who wasn't involved (named Jones), the plaintiff attorney will says something like this:

"Well you say you take precautions, you say that you screen the guests and have a guest list, then explain how Mr. Jones (not listed guest) happened to be at the party and be named as a police witness?"

"I see, so your guest list procedure doesn't really keep out people who are not on the list, does it?"

Jones may not have been involved, but his presence opens the door to questioning our control procedures.

[GammaZeta]

Interesting John.

I guess it's the same situation as giving birth control pills to 13 year olds. Sure, we want them to be protected, but at the same time, wouldn't that encourage them to have sex?

Sure, guests lists can be good. But does it promote a false sense of security?

And seriously guys, if you need a guest list, you're doing it ALL wrong.

Hot chicks in, sausages out. It's that simple.