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We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who contributed to our Gift of Gloves project. We have now received and distributed many pairs of gloves, mittens and extra warm socks, all of which were gratefully received by their recipients.

The Humanist Chaplaincy Network has just re-launched its programme. You can now find updated information about what we do and how it all working including a new “About HCN” booklet which can be downloaded from the membership information page of the website.

It had been a while since the last meeting of the Humanist Community of Leeds – we didn’t have a January meeting due to conflicts with New Year and the week after, so this meeting was our first since the start of December. It was cold and icy outside, so big thanks to all those who made the effort and braved the freezing temperatures.

Do you have any old gloves lying around in the back of your cupboard? If so, we would really appreciate it if you would be willing to donate them to the Humanist Action Group. Here’s why…

Earlier this evening, we were out on a HAG homeless run. Discussing it beforehand, myself and Katie agreed that given how bitterly cold it was outside, we hoped we wouldn’t find anyone at all out on the streets tonight.

Unfortunately, we were wrong. Dead wrong. We found loads of people. We found so many people that we first ran out of food and had to go fetch some more, then we ran out of coffee and had to go back and brew another batch up!

By this point we had been out for hours and we were metaphorically frozen to the bone. So I can only imagine how those who had been out there all night felt.

In fact, you didn’t even need to imagine – you could see their hand physically shaking as you handed them something.

No wonder, given many of them didn’t even have gloves. This isn’t the first time we have come across this problem – I’ve seen it a few times before. Yet, it seems a problem we can easily solve.

I mean, so many of us have two many pairs of gloves. Given that one is all you really need. Maybe two at a stretch – I have my touch screen compatible gloves and my “it’s really, really cold” gloves. But why do I have a third pair? There is no reason; I just never threw them out.

There must be more than me in this situation. A pair of old but otherwise perfectly in tact pair of gloves sitting at the back of the cupboard that you don’t wear any more. If so, we would love it if you would be willing to donate them, so that we can hand them out during HAG homeless work!

So, if you get chance, please check the backs of your cupboards. It won’t cost you anything and makes a world of difference to people who are out in the bitter winter’s night. Any donations will be gladly collected by Katie, myself or any of the CWF trustees. You can even post them to us – and if you want, we’ll even refund the postage to you. Get in touch for more details.

Thanks for your support!

Chris

We’re very pleased to simultaneously announce the launch of the SocietasPro website and version 1.0 of SocietasPro! We’ve been busy over the past few weeks preparing SocietasPro to be a deployable application – tidying everything up, getting rid of the bugs and creating an easy to use installer.

We’ve also launched the SocietasPro website which contains an overview of it’s features, videos, support forums and more. You can also find documentation for using the software on the project’s GitHub wiki.

The next release of SocietasPro. Here is what we’ve changed:

• Implemented a password recovery system
• Location is now shown on the events listings page
• HTML Purifier is now used for filtering
• Custom columns are now supported by import members
• Custom columns now supports select boxes
• The control panel now has a version checker
• You can now change a member’s password
• Custom columns are now included in exports
• There is now a high contrast stylesheet for better accessibility
• Improved visual editor
• System pages have now been styled
• Added a calendar view to events

Despite the cold and the train, December’s Humanist Community meeting was well attended and enjoyed by all. After all, the colder it is outside, the more a good Sunday Roast is appreciated! Conversation continued long into the night with this month’s topics including foreign policy, education and what everyone’s holiday plans were.

Last Monday saw the end of the 2011 Holiday Food Drive. We packed all the donations into boxes, used the money donated to buy even more, and delivered it all to a local homeless shelter. Thanks to everyone who made a donation or helped out on the day!

Just six days after we released version 0.2 of SocietasPro, we’re pleased to announce that we’re announcing the third iteration, which is now available to download on Github.

Here is what we’ve changed in this version:

• Events can now be displayed on a calendar
• Added style to the system pages
• Improved visual editor
• High contrast admin version added
• Custom columns are now exported in the CSV
• You can now change a member’s password
• You can now reset your own password
• Version checker added to admin panel
• Added support for custom selects
• Members import now supports custom columns
• HTML Purifier now cleans dangerous HTML
• Locations are now shown on the events page
• Mac line endings are now handled on imports
• Audit trail now works with deleted members
• Deleting members now cleans up their custom datas as well
• Duplicate members are now filtered out on imports
• You now get feedback if your login fails
• Events are now sorted by date
• Added extra stats to the control panel

Where will the project be going next? We’re going to put some work into the front end and then it should finally be ready to demo! Stay tuned to our updates on Twitter for further updates.

We’re pleased to announce the second iteration of SocietasPro is now available to download! As we mentioned in our last release, we were hoping to have this iteration out by the end of the month and we’ll pleased to see we’re well within that deadline.

What has changed in this release:

• So many bug fixes they aren’t even worth listing 😉
• Ability to order pages
• Ability to filter audit trails
• Magic getters added to objects
• Added Bug Scanner to pick up on coding errors
• Audit trail now translates
• Restructured the file and directory layout
• Added Klingon translation
• Implementing namespaces into coding framework
• Implementing stackable error messages
• Partial saving is now done even when there are errors
• Improved handling of database errors
• Added submenus to each controller
• Custom columns for the members system
• Adding group name option
• Admin module has a fresh new look
• Expanding the control panel

Here are some screenshots too: