Articles on: What's New in BoardSpot

What's New?

Note: This list summarizes the BoardSpot software updates, and is not comprehensive. Questions? Chat, email, or call us at (888)-808-1257.

August 2023


Updated the sidebar menu to provide one-click access to all Committees.
Added Support to sidebar menu, with access to BoardSpot's help desk, chat, development roadmap, and feature request system.

July, 2023


Released the new Agenda Templates feature. This feature is available in the Essentials, Standard, and Enterprise Plans.
Released the new Minutes Builder feature. This feature is available in the Standard and Enterprise Plans.

June, 2023


Updated the interface of the Agenda Builder tool. This update is for every subscription Plan with BoardSpot.

March, 2023


Added a new way to send an email to board or committee members outside of the context of a meeting.
Minor bug fixes & improvements.

February, 2023


Minor bug fixes & improvements.

January, 2023


Added the option to designate ex-officio members as non-voting members who do not count towards quorum.
Added the option to configure custom board roles as non-voting.

November, 2022


Updated the billing page to show multiple boards, when consolidated billing is requested.

October, 2022


Increased the file upload limit to 100MB for every file field.
Added lots of improvements to the meeting packet, including:
Support for the latest PDF features.
Increased source file sizes to 100MB.
Increased total aggregate file size to 200MB.
Added placeholder pages for any document that doesn't fit the requirements.
Fixed bug in dashboard link handling.

September, 2022


Improved iCalendar feed support for older versions of Outlook.
Lots of theming updates, including updated the display of meeting summaries, and improvements on handling long meeting titles.
Added options to control who receives meeting invites, when sending emails.
Note: Everyone WILL receive a meeting invite unless one of the following conditions is met:
The recipient has integrated their calendar.
The recipient has opted out of calendar invitations on their profile.
The sender has opted to not include a calendar invite for every recipient.
Added visual indicator to show who will receive a calendar invite.
Updated iCalendar feed integration and instructions. Moved calendar integration link from dashboard to the user menu.
Added "Add to calendar" links to meetings, with support for Apple, Outlook, Office 365, Google, and Yahoo.

April, 2020


Added new billing system.
Overhauled notification system.
Added Invite all members tool.
Minor bug fixes & improvements.

March, 2020


Added invoices to billing page.
Minor bug fixes & improvements.
Added Video Conferencing support.

January, 2020


Added customizable "goals" to organization dashboard.
Minor console improvements and bug fixes.
Added support for committee specific administrators.
Minor console improvements and bug fixes.

October, 2019


Added automatic meeting packet generation.
Minor console improvements and bug fixes.
Minor console improvements and bug fixes.

September, 2019


Introduce new BoardSpot Console.

August, 2019


Update Timezone system to support global timezones.
Improve Participant Email system to support user's timezone.
Improve Participant Email system to reply-to the sender.

July, 2019


General security updates.
Improved back end disaster recovery systems.

June, 2019


General security updates.
Minor improvements throughout.

April, 2019


Improved committee display on People directory.
Various mobile and responsive theme bug fixes and improvements.
Improve on-boarding experience for new people.
Improve on-boarding experience for new organizations.
Added link to documentation on sidebar.
Added forgot password link to main log in form (previously only visible after failed log in attempt).
Added Demo organization.
Improved phone number input and storage for people.
Added title field to people for organization / job title.
Various small styling fixes.
Various minor improvements throughout the app.

March, 2019


Added custom file titles to documents.
Improved invite emails & clarified email wording.
Improved invite accept link behavior to account for multiple organizations / users that already have created password.
Improved iCal subscribe feed modal UI.
Changed iCal subscribe feed to return all past and future meetings for which a member has an attendance object.
Implemented conditional table meetings display.
Added robust people profiles.

Updated on: 29/08/2023

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