Minerva’s primary functionality is to remind users of upcoming meetings and events through its integration with the Waterloo Rocketry Google Calendar. Minerva utilizes the Google Calendar event’s description to store metadata about the meeting which allows for a high level of configuration on how Minerva manages these events.
Presently, Minerva sends two reminders for all meetings: one six hours in advance and another five minutes in advance. These reminders can optionally include a list of agenda items to provide an overview of the event. In addition, the six-hour reminder automatically includes message reactions that can be used gauge event turnout. This can be seen below:
The five-minute reminder can include event location info and links for online meetings:
The alerts for the event reminders can be configured and…