(Note: this is c&p from my blog [0])
Last week I:

    Wrote Supybot[1] plugin that regularly fetches JSON data from given
location. Then it checks timestamp, if timestam is newer then previous
it sends message to listed users.
    Application now tracks slaking properly - it marks participation
after meeting (council members who voted at least once are present).
Then it calculates "slacking status" for current council members based
on council term start date and participations.

For short description of project and sources, read this[2].

[0]
http://ahenobarbi.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/council-application-%E2%80%93-weekly-report-3/
[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/supybot/
[2]
http://ahenobarbi.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/council-application-short-introduction/