Participating in
events & meetings
Browse, register for, and engage with events on M-Board — from community meetings and workshops to formal governance sessions.
Browsing Events
Go to Events from the navigation menu. The Events page shows all published and completed events visible to you, sorted with upcoming first. Use the toolbar to switch between three layouts:
- Grid view — card-based layout with event images, category badges, and key details at a glance.
- List view — compact rows, useful when browsing many events quickly. Date column appears on wider screens.
- Calendar view — monthly grid. Navigate months with the ← → arrows. Events spanning multiple days appear across all relevant days. Click any event tile to open its detail sheet.
Viewing Event Details
Click any event card or title to open the Event Detail sheet — a slide-up panel (mobile) or overlay (desktop) loaded from view.php without a full page reload. The detail sheet shows:
- Full description, date/time, location, event type, and category
- Agenda — session-by-session schedule if the organiser has published one
- Organiser contacts (name, role) where the organiser has enabled contact visibility
- Registration status, capacity bar, and registration / cancellation actions
- Attendee feedback and your own feedback form (for completed events)
- Event notes (for completed events where notes have been shared)
Registering for an Event
| Registration Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Registered / Approved | Confirmed — your place is secured. |
| Pending Approval | Submitted — awaiting organiser approval. You will be notified of the outcome. |
| Waitlisted | Event is at capacity — you are in the queue and will be moved up if a place becomes available. |
| Attended | Marked by the organiser after the event ends. Unlocks feedback eligibility. |
Cancelling Your Registration
You can cancel your registration at any time before the event starts. Open the event detail sheet and click Cancel Registration. Cancellations are not permitted once an event has started. If the event is at capacity and you cancel, the next person on the waitlist may be automatically promoted.
QR Check-in
Some events use QR code check-in. When registration is confirmed, a unique QR code is generated for your registration. Present this code at the event entrance — the organiser scans it to mark you as attended. Your QR code is visible in the event detail sheet and in your registration confirmation notification.
Submitting Feedback
After an event ends, a feedback form appears in the event detail sheet if the organiser has enabled it. Feedback eligibility depends on the event type:
- Open / public events — any logged-in member can submit feedback regardless of whether they registered.
- Registration-required events — only members with status Approved, Registered, or Attended can submit feedback.
The form collects a 1–5 star rating (required), written feedback (minimum 10 characters), an optional "Would recommend" toggle, and optional suggestions. You can submit feedback anonymously — your name will appear as Anonymous in the public review list. Feedback is final — you cannot edit or delete it once submitted.
Event Notes
After an event is completed, authorised members (administrators, event creators, and department managers for their own department's events) can publish structured notes via Event Notes. Notes are accessible from the event detail sheet under the Notes tab.
Two note templates are available:
- Simple template — covers summary, detailed content, key takeaways, improvement suggestions, future planning, action items, attendee feedback, and attachments. Suitable for most meetings and standard events.
- Robust template — includes all Simple fields plus beneficiary impact (with individual feedback), stakeholder engagement, partnership notes, resources & finance (budget/spend breakdown), compliance & governance, risk assessment (with severity and mitigation), decisions log (with votes for/against), lessons learned, next steps, and meeting evaluation scores. Suited to formal governance sessions, programme reviews, and large-scale events.