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2025 Our Cat Herder Updates
Updates to the Our Cat Herder system in 2025.
July 2025
Version 2.0 of Our Cat Herder is now avaliable to all users.
This is a huge upgrade to many aspects of Our Cat Herder. Here is a quick overview of the changes:
User Interface Overhaul
Hotkeys Navigation
Full portal Colour and logo customisation
WCAG2 Standards compatible (90% - still in porgress)
Expanded users profile
User Profile pictures
Move discussions between groups
Export discussions as JSON
Sort and filter meetings by:
- Type
- Date
Group Meetings by Year and Type
Improved paste from word documents
new WYSIWYG Editor for minutes, agendas etc… with better support for pasting from Word!
Batch Add - now allows you to add any type of attendee to various meetings
Non Members are now Action Assignees for clarity
Filter and group tables throughout the app
Calendar view on dashboard (month, day, year)
Decisions now on dashboard
New Organisation Switcher with org search for users with many organisations.
Member Details Page
- Audit data for that user
More robust checks for role addition and removal
Bulk Add members via CSV import
Discussions jump to date
Rebuilt Agenda builder for faster agenda creation
- Rapid switch agenda to minutes
- Move between individual PDF documents with click of a button
- Meeting comments now meeting discussion
Remember the view you have chosen when you go back to meetings etc.. to reduce clicks
Improved search UI interface
Redesigned PDFs:
- Agendas
- Minutes
- Decision
- Background Papers
- Actions Report
Single Member Meeting Attendance Report
Member term calculate duration and time remaining
Meeting Engagement Stats
- Attendees Number
- Meeting Length
- Meeting RSVP percentage
- Agenda Items Length
- total annotations on the meeting pack
Better zip file formatting for Individual Meeting zip download
Decisions - extend close date.
Automated compromised password check during login
One click toggle between agenda builder and minute taker
Meeting Minutes & Agenda Builder
Clearer designation of minute taker and agenda builder
Agenda Builder Improvements
Show planned time vs allocated time
Allocated time is over planned meeting time alert
Display Total agenda items
Display Total documents expand/collapse agenda Jump to item when expanded Minute Taking Improvements
Two minute taking modes - original and rocket
Rocket Minutes Tool
- Minutes Timer with start pause, reset
- Meeting Momentum - when using minutes timer a visual indicator to let you know if your meeting is on time or running behind
- Key board short cuts for next and back with auto save - so you can move from item to item significantly reducing click
- Clock at top of minute taker
- Toggle to auto insert time spent on an item into end of that item
Any member invited as minute taker or attendee to a meeting can create a background paper (not viewers though)
Background Paper creators can now edit their own papers.
Minute Taking Timer - insert agenda item start time and end time in minutes as user goes Documents
Folders with meetings have button to quick jump back to meeting
When jumping to meeting folder from meeting can then quick jump back to meeting
Drag and drop move folders and files
Plus a whole lot more! Look out for more regular and rapid feature updates and new features in the months to come.
June 2025
V2.0 of Our Cat Herder released but rolled back due to unanticipated issues 😞
Work continuing to release V2.0 ASAP.
April - May 2025
🎁🎁 Our Cat Herder Version 2.0 is 99% complete and due in coming months. With over 100 improvements and new features it is going to be amazing! Please bear with use while we finalise it. 🎁🎁
- Routine system updates, security improvement, patches etc...
- Work continues behind the scenes on V2 system update.
March 2025
- Routine system updates, security improvement, patches etc...
- Work continues behind the scenes on V2 system update.
🎁🎁 Our Cat Herder Version 2.0 is 98% complete and due in coming months. With over 100 improvements and new features it is going to be amazing! Please bear with use while we finalise it. 🎁🎁
February 2025
- Routine system updates, security improvement, patches etc...
- Work continues behind the scenes on V2 system update.
January 2025
- Routine system updates, security improvement, patches etc...
- Work continues behind the scenes on V2 system update.