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Dzogchen Community Portal

Why?

• 1. Make all services available on a single website. A “Facebook” for Dzogchen Community

• 2. Become visible for Google in all countries which will mean people will find us around the world when they search for spiritual path. What Rinpoche calls “informing people about the Teaching”

Site Security

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• Membership Coordinators can see detailed data only of their own managed members

• Operators and Gakyils may see reports with basic data of all members to check membership status for courses, retreats etc.

Dzogchen.net

Membership Main Features

• Sign in, registration, enter personal data, payment for users

• Multilingual content and translation management

• Admin functions for Gakyil and Membership Coordinator

• Reports for Gakyil and MC

Multi-lingual

• Simple content and translation management system

Gakyil management - assignment of new Gakyil by IG or by previous Gakyil - assignment of Membership Coordinator by the Gakyil

Manage Payment Setup the MC have to set the means of payment and specifications to allow he/she can enter payments off-line and online members can pay through Paypal (by a

Paypal account or by Credit Card via Paypal)

Mannual payment registration

Membership via PayPal

Map if coordinates are entered in the Gar/ling infos, the Gar/ling is located in the

map for nearby interested people

Communities’ public pages to communicate location, timings, main activities, etc. (mainly for non-

members)

Technology

• Cutting edge open source technologies:

– AngularJS from Google

– C# from Microsoft

– Material design and Bootstrap

– Mobile apps (search for Dzogchen in Google Play).

• Online code collaboration

• Design: Paolo Fassoli

What Next?

• Confirmed: Event registration and management

• In discussion:

– Global and local news and blog management

– Shops