Provide timed notifications for events
Currently notifications for any kind of articles and entries are sent to the group members (via email, chat, ...), right at the moment of the event being created.
Event notifications are probably most effective when they are received within a certain time frame before the event (e.g. one day ahead for small meetings, one week ahead for culture events). This is an established feature of calendar applications.
In grouprise, this optimization needs to be executed manually by the person creating the event (timing the distribution of the notification according to the anticipated pre-notification period suitable for the event). This manual optimization is unavailable for recurring events.
Probably one of the following approaches could help:
- A) per event: allow to disable notification on event creation
- B) per event: allow to configure multiple notifications relative to the event time
- this somehow includes (A), since "right now" would be an immediate notification on event creation
- C) per user: allow to configure notifications for account-related events (of subscribed groups, based on attendance), e.g. one day ahead or three days ahead