<Fair City Amsterdam> Nieuwsbrief BeWelcome

[jan at disroot.org]

Omdat er zoveel kritiek langskomt hier op airbnb (en fairbnb) en ik 
graag mijn informatiedieet baseer op een basis van de mooie dingen die 
mensen doen, hier wat tegenwicht. De laatste nieuwbrief van het 
hospitality network BeWelcome. Happy travels!

J-







        [BeWelcome] [1]

        What's new on BeWelcome


    You are receiving this newsletter because you are a member of the
    BeWelcome
    community of travelers and hosts. For those who are receiving this
    newsletter for the first time, a big, warm Welcome. You have joined a
    community that is 100% volunteer run. That means no offices, no paid
    staff
    and a non-profit since 2007.

    VOLUNTEER DEVELOPERS WANTED

    BeWelcome needs developers. The available resources we have
    influences the
    implementation of new features. The platform is based on SYMFONY (4.X)
    components (PHP) using DOCTRINE as the database access tool. The
    frontend
    uses TWIG templates and makes use of JQUERY for dynamic content. The CSS
    framework is BOOTSTRAP4. If you have experience and skills in these
    languages or other development skills, like knowledge of JAVA (e.g.
    for a
    mobile app), we would like to hear from you. For more information,
    please
    see GitHub [2] or get in contact with shevek [3].

    NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    BeVolunteer - the registered non-profit association behind BeWelcome -
    recently elected a new Board of Directors (BoD). They are:

    * Executive: Johannes - wind [4]
    * Secretary: Nina – lososs [5]
    * Treasurer: Frank – thorgal67 [6]
    * Volunteer Coordinator: Sammie – sammiekong [7]
    * Strategy lead: David – mountx [8]

    These BeVolunteer members, elected to the Board of Directors are just
    active volunteers. You can also get more active by volunteering [9].
    This
    year, all Board members will focus on increasing activity on the
    BeWelcome
    website.

    THE NEW WEBSITE HAS SOME GREAT NEW FEATURES

    MOBILE FRIENDLY
    A major redesign happened in 2019 and now bewelcome.org [1] is mobile
    friendly. You can now use the responsive website when you are on the
    move.
    The page loads quicker and allows you to get to the feature or
    information
    you need faster. A hamburger menu in the top corner – three lines
    stacked
    together to roughly form the shape of a hamburger – allows you to
    navigate easier. As this menu does not require a lot of space, it leaves
    bewelcome.org uncluttered and gives more screen space for the
    information
    you really need.

    HOST REQUEST
    Members have long requested a host request system. Until now members
    sent
    hosting requests through the general messaging system. Since the
    redesign,
    there is now a separate request system which helps you to keep track
    of the
    requests you send out and receive. And for the first time ever BeWelcome
    can estimate how much hosting happens through our community.

    MEMBERS SEARCH – EXACT LOCATION ON THE MAP
    When setting your home, you can now use a location marker in the map (by
    dragging map/zoom in/zoom out) to indicate your exact location. This
    allows
    for more accuracy in the search. Try it out and change your
    location! [10]
    Your profile will stand out by more accurately pointing to where you
    live.

    REPORT BUGS
    If you see any bugs or strange website / platform behaviour, you can
    post
    them in the forum. We have a forum thread called ‘I found a problem with
    the new site [11]’ where you can post your remarks.

    To UNSUBSCRIBE from BeWelcome newsletters, please change your
    settings in
    your preferences accordingly. Set ‘I want to receive periodic news about
    BeWelcome by mail’ to ‘No’ and click on ‘Save settings’ at the
    bottom of the page.

    Finally: HAPPY 2020! May the new decade be full of enriching
    encounters for
    you!

    Love, peace, happiness from the BeWelcome Volunteers

    If you have any questions or problems with this email or our
    website, get
    in touch with us at www.bewelcome.org/feedback [12] (cc) 2020 BeWelcome


    Links:
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    [1] https://www.bewelcome.org
    [2] https://github.com/BeWelcome/rox
    [3] https://www.bewelcome.org/members/shevek
    [4] https://www.bewelcome.org/members/wind
    [5] https://www.bewelcome.org/members/lososs
    [6] https://www.bewelcome.org/members/thorgal67
    [7] https://www.bewelcome.org/members/sammiekong
    [8] https://www.bewelcome.org/members/mountx
    [9] https://www.bewelcome.org/about/getactive
    [10] https://www.bewelcome.org/setlocation
    [11]
    https://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s19606-I_found_a_problem_with_the_new_site/
    [12] http://www.bewelcome.org/feedback




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