MEETING 1 NOTES

Team Roles:

Coordinator - Ciana

Recorder - Luis

Monitor - Kham

Checker - Irma

Tentative Project Title - "Animal Shelter Facebook"

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Project description:

 - A better way so search for and adopt a pet from a local shelter. 

Why this project matters:

- Improves pet turnover by streamlining the adoption process

	- i.e Less pets at the shelter, pets stay for less time

- Reduces workload at the shelter, allows staff to focus on other tasks

- Since overcrowding is addressed by quick turnover, less pets will be put down

Two possible routes to take the project:

(1) Miami-Dade Animal Services Solution

(2) Template focused "Facebook" for shelters

Note: All features listed are possible features but due to time restrictions only a few should be implemented.

Features shared by both (1) and (2):

- Populate a database with the pets (Name, age, breed, bio, sex, picture, etc.)

- Allow for online adoptions

	- Provide link to a specific pet and apply to adopt online

	- This includes paying any fees

- Set appointments to meet pets

- Place holds for pets ("Calling Dibs")

- Accept donations for the shelter

- Side note: Hopefully we can ensure that all shelter pets are spayed / neutered	

Possible features for both (1) and (2):

- Vaccinations / Rabies Tag reminders

	- This may be out of scope since it fits more of a pet owner companion app

	- Either push notification or email reminder sent to pet owner

Features / Requirements unique to (1):

- Focus strictly on Miami-Dade Animal Services

- Site should be polished

- Build it in a way so that we can in the future branch out to other shelters easily. 

Features / Requirements unique to (2):

- Shelters work off of a template to build their own page

- Must be easy and intuitive to start own shelter page	

Things to think about:

- Similar websites exist, how is this different? Is it different enough?

- Is route (2) too complex for the time given? Can route (1) be a proof of concept?

- Is route (1) a significant improvement on other sites?

- Speak to an LA or the professor for feedback on viability of either route

Possible programming languages used:

Backend: Java / Python

Frontend: HTML / CSS / JavaScript

Possible framework:

Ionic

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