1 Creating a new program and sections overview

graph TD
	MopMan_Core --> orgs
	orgs --> event_series
	orgs --> programs
	programs --> sections
	sections --> attendance
	programs --> curriculum
	curriculum --> readings
	
	
	

The relationship between the 💥 programs table and the 📣 sections table.

The basic process of creating a new program is:

1. Create your program in the 💥 programs table. (Ex: MAIA AISF ML Fall 2023)
2. Add the corresponding sections to the program by creating and linking them in the 📣 sections table (Ex: MAIA AISF ML Fall 2023 Section 4 — Gatlen)
3. Link a curriculum + readings to the program. This process is detailed in Curriculum & Readings for Existing Programs
4. For each section, create an event series in the 🗓 event_series table and link it. Fill out the events series (Future automation: creating an event series creates multiple events and links them automatically)
5. From the 🗓 event_series table, create events in 📅 events for each meeting the section is going to have. Feel free to link each event with its corresponding curriculum for that day.

2 Creating 💥 programs

An example of a program may include MAIA AISF ML Fall 2023. Things typically not seen as programs, such as member meetings, are still considered a program under this paradigm — just one with an ever-evolving curriculum.

I feel creating a program is fairly self explanatory while looking at the fields in the 💥 programs table.

3 Adding 📣 sections

A section is a mostly fixed group of people that follow a program’s curricula often at the same place and time. An example of a section may include MAIA AISF ML Fall 2023 Section 4 — Gatlen. Some programs may only have a single section, for example: the Iris member meeting only has one set group of people that meet at a particular time and place.

I feel creating a section is also somewhat self explanatory, with the exception of a few fields

• 🔑 name — Note that the name is a formula which names itself based on other properties of the record.
• #️⃣ section_i — Within a particular program, what arbitrary but unique index should it have?
• #️⃣ global_section_i — Among all programs being run at a given time, what arbitrary but unique index should it have? (ie: even if AISF ML Section 4 and AISF Gov Section 2 are from different programs, they must have different global indices.)
• slack_channel — The Slack channel which notifications concerning the section should be sent. (ex: #section-gatlen) The channel must already exist.

When the sections are completed, make sure that they are linked to a parent program.