Open to ideas: automation for /bulletinboard

[lpatmo]

Not entirely sure how a slash command could help automate the weekly @channel bulletin board going out with shout-outs, but am putting this idea here for further discussion.

Some ideas:

• Maybe if a user types /bulletinboard add they'll be able to add a submission??
• If a user types /bulletinboard they'll be able to see an archive of past bulletin boards?? (not sure what format we should store this as, though. A big blob of text wouldn't be ideal.)

Here is an example bulletin board (a real message that went out last week):

Hey @everyone! This is the follow-up community bulletin board for the “LOOKING FOR, WORKING ON or HELP WANTED” weekly Friday @channel thread. 

*STUDY GROUPS*
Is anyone interested in a SQL study group? Please join the #sql channel.

@coolrazor: I just created a new channel (#dotnetwebdev) for anyone interested in learning ASP.NET Web Development.  I'm hoping to get a study group going for beginners (like me).  Feel free to jump in and let me know what you think.

*WORKING ON, HELP WANTED, or LOOKING FOR:*
@morgan: I'm starting a couple of basic projects to test out https://svelte.technology (UI framework that compiles to vanilla JS) 

@davidsilva: Doing more progress on https://codecorgi.co/challenges; looking for new challenge ideas and feedback.
 

@bpwebs: Hey guys, http://ireconcile.org/ test out new site I working on him still working on lot bugs, issues some page don't have content. --> looking for harsh feedback, please. lol --> https://github.com/brandonpowell/ireconcile-theme/issues

@bpwebs: Has anyone worked with the Apple API before? I have a few questions to ask you.

@NikkieA: Hey everyone. Im Nikkie and I'm trying to fortify my baseline in code before moving on to a new code. I'm looking for a group to build on and test out my knowledge of HTML and CSS. Any suggestions?

@linda: Discovered this neat tool for referencing times between multiple timezones: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?year=2018&month=2&day=24&p1=196&p2=137&p3=102&p4=152. Useful if you’re trying to figure out hangout times with study partners from multiple continents XD. h/t @tgrrr.

*UPCOMING HANGOUTS SCHEDULED BY THE COMMUNITY* 
*Go-ing over the Basics: Syntax & Small Problems*
Please RSVP on codebuddies.org/hangouts
Goal of Hangout:
Continuing to [Go] forward with our problems (sorry for the pun!)
We'll keep moving forward through basic problem solving & language fundamentals. We'll review examples & problems.....continuing our excellentdiscussions!
Thus far, we've covered exercism.io problems through Matrix.
In this upcoming hangout, we will tackle sets / subsets in Sublist, & one of Go's important core features with Error Handling.
In addition, we'll take on Flatten Array.
If we have time/energy, we'll also try to Bank Account.

*Official Django Tutorial, Part V: Wrap-up*

1.We will reflect on the official Django tutorial:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/intro/tutorial01/
And we will discuss where we can go in the future in terms of learning Django. (e.g. progress on a Django project)
*Look for the @channel announcement next Friday if you want to share something on next week's bulletin board!*```

[BethanyG]

One thought is an adaptation of this: https://glitch.com/~slack-announcements-approval-blueprint. Haven't looked too closely at it yet, but it could maybe provide a skeleton of what we are looking for? On the backend, we could either use the current apps node-json-db..or go mongo, if needed. We may want a beefier DB anyways..if our /resources list gets too big, it might be better stored in a DB rather than files anyways....