id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
274	welcomebot -- backlog improvements set a	Fred T. Hamster	bugdock	"
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** welcomebot needs to use notecard configuration:
    the welcomebot *must* draw its configuration out of the notecards.
    the defaults in the script would become a joke, and could be made much shorter.

welcomebot needs to use data cow for storing the visitor list:
    this is the obvious choice for something that needs lots of data storage; could increase our memory capacity like crazy.

fix welcomebot listing
    when listing locally, it only shows the top X items in the log and truncates the rest.
    show all by multi-log line trick employed many places.

remember time of av's last visit in history.

bug: make it not restart just because notecards change;
    have another way to get it to reread notecard,
    or just don't reset!

feature to pop a menu (if configured):
    this menu could show the various options the owner set up.
    
configurable different actions for welcomebot:
    show menu, give notecard, give landmark, request group membership,
    show list of av's visited, repeat intro greeting, give toys out, etc.

allow the arrived/left messages to be turned off.
    this would make it less noisy for people who don't want that.

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