Technology Hub
Product Vision
"To guide outdoor enthusiasts from discovery to leadership by connecting them to experiences, resources, and opportunities to give-back within The Mountaineers community."
Welcome to our Technology Hub! Our technology platform began with the launch of our website in 2014 and has continued to evolve and grow over this past decade. We continue to look for and invest in new opportunities to better meet our member & volunteer needs through our technology offerings.
Stay up to date on improvements
We value transparency and take pride in celebrating our progress as a community. To stay up to date on what we’re building, check out our Technology Changelog for a running list of improvements, and read our Technology-Related Blogs for highlights on major projects and milestones.
Another way to stay up to date on new improvements is to follow community-supported ideas through feedback.mountaineers.org.
Get involved & support
We pride ourselves on building our technology alongside our community, and your ideas help shape the tools we create. Have a suggestion to enhance the member or volunteer experience? Share it through our feedback portal where you can propose ideas, up-vote suggestions, and follow projects that matter to you.
We're always looking for volunteers with skills in web development, analytics, UX, technical project management, and more to help bring community-driven ideas to life. If you’re interested in contributing your expertise or have a cool project you’d love to explore with us, reach out to devinl@mountaineers.org!
Relevant links
- Volunteer Support Tools (via OpenAI)
- Data Request Form
- Data Deletion Request
- Our Accessibility Commitment in Practice
- The Mountaineers Privacy Policy
- Reducing our Technology Carbon Footprint
Recent technology-related blogs:
Tech Update 4.0 - Plone 5
We updated our website platform from Plone 4 to Plone 5 because support for elements of Plone 4 is ending this year. This is a very big update to the backend of our website, and our staff and volunteers extensively to be sure it all works. The average user won't see any major differences, but the upgrade includes improvements for our volunteers.
My Profile: Pronouns & Optional Demographics
With two additions to the My Profile page, you can now share your pronouns and update your optional demographic information to help Mountaineers staff track our organization's progress and hold us accountable to delivering on our mission and core values.
Tech Update 3.3 - Volunteer Hours, Alerts & Notifications, Cloning
Since our spring development cycle, we've added more new features and enhanced existing features. Highlights include improved volunteer hours tracking, setting up notifications for newly added courses, clinics, and seminars, cloning activities and events, and a new committee chair directory.