diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b7ea08e9..bf5997af 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ gem 'kaminari' # pagination
 gem 'uservoice-ruby'
 gem 'dotenv'
 gem 'snorlax', '~> 0.1.3'
+gem 'httparty'
+gem 'sequenced', '~> 2.0.0'
 gem 'active_model_serializers', '~> 0.8.1'
+gem 'delayed_job', '~> 4.0.2'
+gem 'delayed_job_active_record', '~> 4.0.1'
 
 gem 'paperclip'
 gem 'aws-sdk', '< 2.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a2a3b031..ff5c1317 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ GEM
     coffee-script-source (1.10.0)
     concurrent-ruby (1.0.1)
     debug_inspector (0.0.2)
+    delayed_job (4.0.6)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
+    delayed_job_active_record (4.0.3)
+      activerecord (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
+      delayed_job (>= 3.0, < 4.1)
     devise (3.5.6)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
@@ -97,6 +102,9 @@ GEM
       rails (> 3.0.0)
     globalid (0.3.6)
       activesupport (>= 4.1.0)
+    httparty (0.13.7)
+      json (~> 1.8)
+      multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
     i18n (0.7.0)
     jbuilder (2.4.1)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0, < 5.1)
@@ -123,6 +131,7 @@ GEM
     mini_portile2 (2.0.0)
     minitest (5.8.4)
     multi_json (1.11.2)
+    multi_xml (0.5.5)
     nokogiri (1.6.7.2)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.0.0.rc2)
     oauth (0.5.1)
@@ -210,6 +219,9 @@ GEM
       sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
       tilt (>= 1.1, < 3)
+    sequenced (2.0.0)
+      activerecord (>= 3.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0)
     shoulda-matchers (3.1.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.0.0)
     simplecov (0.11.2)
@@ -255,11 +267,14 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   binding_of_caller
   cancan
   coffee-rails
+  delayed_job (~> 4.0.2)
+  delayed_job_active_record (~> 4.0.1)
   devise
   dotenv
   factory_girl_rails
   formtastic
   formula
+  httparty
   jbuilder
   jquery-rails
   jquery-ui-rails
@@ -279,6 +294,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   redis
   rspec-rails
   sass-rails
+  sequenced (~> 2.0.0)
   shoulda-matchers
   simplecov
   snorlax (~> 0.1.3)
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 443f2e35..e00c3019 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 web: bundle exec rails server -p $PORT
+worker:  bundle exec rake jobs:work
+
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index dad6c7c7..c9ea9363 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ sudo apt-get install nodejs -y
 sudo apt-get install npm -y
 sudo apt-get install postgresql -y
 sudo apt-get install libpq-dev -y
-sudo apt-get install redis-server -y
 
 # get imagemagick
 sudo apt-get install imagemagick --fix-missing
diff --git a/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
index 649ef8f3..936ffcc2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class MappingsController < ApplicationController
 
     if @mapping.save
       render json: @mapping, status: :created
+      Events::NewMapping.publish!(@mapping, current_user)
     else
       render json: @mapping.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
     end
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/routing.rb b/app/models/concerns/routing.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f8467bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/routing.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Routing
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+  include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
+
+  included do
+    def default_url_options
+      ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b49b4856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
+  KINDS = %w[topic_added_to_map synapse_added_to_map]
+
+  #has_many :notifications, dependent: :destroy
+  belongs_to :eventable, polymorphic: true
+  belongs_to :map
+  belongs_to :user
+
+  scope :sequenced, -> { where('sequence_id is not null').order('sequence_id asc') }
+  scope :chronologically, -> { order('created_at asc') }
+
+  after_create :notify_webhooks!, if: :map
+
+  validates_inclusion_of :kind, :in => KINDS
+  validates_presence_of :eventable
+
+  acts_as_sequenced scope: :map_id, column: :sequence_id, skip: lambda {|e| e.map.nil? || e.map_id.nil? }
+
+  #def notify!(user)
+  #  notifications.create!(user: user)
+  #end
+
+  def belongs_to?(this_user)
+    self.user_id == this_user.id
+  end
+
+  def notify_webhooks!
+    #group = self.discussion.group
+    self.map.webhooks.each { |webhook| WebhookService.publish! webhook: webhook, event: self }
+    #group.webhooks.each           { |webhook| WebhookService.publish! webhook: webhook, event: self }
+  end
+  handle_asynchronously :notify_webhooks!
+
+end
diff --git a/app/models/events/new_mapping.rb b/app/models/events/new_mapping.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d6e0696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/events/new_mapping.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+class Events::NewMapping < Event
+  #after_create :notify_users!
+
+  def self.publish!(mapping, user)
+    create!(kind: mapping.mappable_type == "Topic" ? "topic_added_to_map" : "synapse_added_to_map",
+            eventable: mapping,
+            map: mapping.map,
+            user: user)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  #def notify_users!
+  #  unless comment_vote.user == comment_vote.comment_user
+  #    notify!(comment_vote.comment_user)
+  #  end
+  #end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/map.rb b/app/models/map.rb
index 87c8d641..acfb627d 100644
--- a/app/models/map.rb
+++ b/app/models/map.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ class Map < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :topics, through: :topicmappings, source: :mappable, source_type: "Topic"
   has_many :synapses, through: :synapsemappings, source: :mappable, source_type: "Synapse"
 
+  has_many :webhooks, as: :hookable
+  has_many :events, -> { includes :user }, as: :eventable, dependent: :destroy
+
   # This method associates the attribute ":image" with a file attachment
   has_attached_file :screenshot, :styles => {
    :thumb => ['188x126#', :png]
diff --git a/app/models/webhook.rb b/app/models/webhook.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e20272c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/webhook.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class Webhook < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :hookable, polymorphic: true
+
+  validates :uri, presence: true
+  validates :hookable, presence: true
+  validates_inclusion_of :kind, in: %w[slack]
+  validates :event_types, length: { minimum: 1 }
+
+  def headers
+    {}
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/app/models/webhooks/slack/base.rb b/app/models/webhooks/slack/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98503916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/webhooks/slack/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+Webhooks::Slack::Base = Struct.new(:event) do
+  include Routing
+
+  def username
+    "Metamaps Bot"
+  end
+
+  def icon_url
+    "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/539300245029392385/dJ1bwnw7.jpeg"
+  end
+
+  def text
+    "something"
+  end
+
+  def attachments
+    [{
+      title:       attachment_title,
+      text:        attachment_text,
+      fields:      attachment_fields,
+      fallback:    attachment_fallback
+    }]
+  end
+
+  alias :read_attribute_for_serialization :send
+
+  private
+
+  #def motion_vote_field
+  #  {
+  #    title: "Vote on this proposal",
+  #    value: "#{proposal_link(eventable, "yes")} · " +
+  #           "#{proposal_link(eventable, "abstain")} · " +
+  #           "#{proposal_link(eventable, "no")} · " +
+  #           "#{proposal_link(eventable, "block")}"
+  #  }
+  #end
+
+  def view_map_on_metamaps(text = nil)
+    "<#{map_url(eventable.map)}|#{text || eventable.map.name}>"
+  end
+
+  #def view_discussion_on_loomio(params = {})
+  #  { value: discussion_link(I18n.t(:"webhooks.slack.view_it_on_loomio"), params) }
+  #end
+
+  #def proposal_link(proposal, position = nil)
+  #  discussion_link position || proposal.name, { proposal: proposal.key, position: position }
+  #end
+
+  #def discussion_link(text = nil, params = {})
+  #  "<#{discussion_url(eventable.map, params)}|#{text || eventable.discussion.title}>"
+  #end
+
+  def eventable
+    @eventable ||= event.eventable
+  end
+
+  def author
+    @author ||= eventable.author
+  end
+
+end
+
+#webhooks:
+#    slack:
+#      motion_closed: "*%{name}* has closed"
+#      motion_closing_soon: "*%{name}* has a proposal closing in 24 hours"
+#      motion_outcome_created: "*%{author}* published an outcome in *%{name}*"
+#      motion_outcome_updated: "*%{author}* updated the outcome for *%{name}*"
+#      new_motion: "*%{author}* started a new proposal in *%{name}*"
+#      view_it_on_loomio: "View it on Loomio"
diff --git a/app/models/webhooks/slack/synapse_added_to_map.rb b/app/models/webhooks/slack/synapse_added_to_map.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d70450b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/webhooks/slack/synapse_added_to_map.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+class Webhooks::Slack::SynapseAddedToMap < Webhooks::Slack::Base
+
+  def text
+    "\"*#{eventable.mappable.topic1.name}* #{eventable.mappable.desc || '->'} *#{eventable.mappable.topic2.name}*\" was added as a connection to the map *#{view_map_on_metamaps()}*"
+  end
+
+  def attachment_fallback
+    "" #{}"*#{eventable.name}*\n#{eventable.description}\n"
+  end
+
+  def attachment_title
+    "" #proposal_link(eventable)
+  end
+
+  def attachment_text
+    "" # "#{eventable.description}\n"
+  end
+
+  def attachment_fields
+    [{
+      title: "nothing",
+      value: "nothing"
+    }] #[motion_vote_field]
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/app/models/webhooks/slack/topic_added_to_map.rb b/app/models/webhooks/slack/topic_added_to_map.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3574a464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/webhooks/slack/topic_added_to_map.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+class Webhooks::Slack::TopicAddedToMap < Webhooks::Slack::Base
+
+  def text
+    "New #{eventable.mappable.metacode.name} topic *#{eventable.mappable.name}* was added to the map *#{view_map_on_metamaps()}*"
+  end
+  # todo: it would be sweet if it sends it with the metacode as the icon_url
+
+  def attachment_fallback
+    "" #{}"*#{eventable.name}*\n#{eventable.description}\n"
+  end
+
+  def attachment_title
+    "" #proposal_link(eventable)
+  end
+
+  def attachment_text
+    "" # "#{eventable.description}\n"
+  end
+
+  def attachment_fields
+    [{
+      title: "nothing",
+      value: "nothing"
+    }] #[motion_vote_field]
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e87cd44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class EventSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  embed :ids, include: true
+  attributes :id, :sequence_id, :kind, :map_id, :created_at
+
+  has_one :actor, serializer: NewUserSerializer, root: 'users'
+  has_one :map, serializer: NewMapSerializer
+
+  def actor
+    object.user || object.eventable.try(:user)
+  end
+
+  def map
+    object.eventable.try(:map) || object.eventable.map
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/webhook_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/webhook_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed013cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/webhook_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class WebhookSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  attributes :text, :username, :icon_url #, :attachments
+end
diff --git a/app/services/webhook_service.rb b/app/services/webhook_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a4361b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/webhook_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+class WebhookService
+
+  def self.publish!(webhook:, event:)
+    return false unless webhook.event_types.include? event.kind
+    HTTParty.post webhook.uri, body: payload_for(webhook, event), headers: webhook.headers
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def self.payload_for(webhook, event)
+    WebhookSerializer.new(webhook_object_for(webhook, event), root: false).to_json
+  end
+
+  def self.webhook_object_for(webhook, event)
+    "Webhooks::#{webhook.kind.classify}::#{event.kind.classify}".constantize.new(event)
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/bin/delayed_job b/bin/delayed_job
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..edf19598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/delayed_job
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'environment'))
+require 'delayed/command'
+Delayed::Command.new(ARGV).daemonize
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 658a4203..e7a47614 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Dotenv.load ".env.#{ENV["RAILS_ENV"]}", '.env'
 
 module Metamaps
   class Application < Rails::Application
+    config.active_job.queue_adapter = :delayed_job    
     # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
     # Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
     # -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160312234946_create_events.rb b/db/migrate/20160312234946_create_events.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ab71099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160312234946_create_events.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CreateEvents < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :events do |t|
+      t.string      :kind, limit: 255
+      t.references  :eventable, polymorphic: true, index: true
+      t.references  :user, index: true
+      t.references  :map, index: true
+      t.integer     :sequence_id, index: true, default: nil, null: true
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+    add_index :events, [:map_id, :sequence_id], unique: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160312235006_create_webhooks.rb b/db/migrate/20160312235006_create_webhooks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d1cf899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160312235006_create_webhooks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class CreateWebhooks < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :webhooks do |t|
+      t.references :hookable, polymorphic: true, index: true
+      t.string :kind, null: false
+      t.string :uri, null: false
+      t.text   :event_types, array: true, default: []
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160313003721_create_delayed_jobs.rb b/db/migrate/20160313003721_create_delayed_jobs.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27fdcf6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160313003721_create_delayed_jobs.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+class CreateDelayedJobs < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :delayed_jobs, force: true do |table|
+      table.integer :priority, default: 0, null: false # Allows some jobs to jump to the front of the queue
+      table.integer :attempts, default: 0, null: false # Provides for retries, but still fail eventually.
+      table.text :handler,                 null: false # YAML-encoded string of the object that will do work
+      table.text :last_error                           # reason for last failure (See Note below)
+      table.datetime :run_at                           # When to run. Could be Time.zone.now for immediately, or sometime in the future.
+      table.datetime :locked_at                        # Set when a client is working on this object
+      table.datetime :failed_at                        # Set when all retries have failed (actually, by default, the record is deleted instead)
+      table.string :locked_by                          # Who is working on this object (if locked)
+      table.string :queue                              # The name of the queue this job is in
+      table.timestamps null: true
+    end
+
+    add_index :delayed_jobs, [:priority, :run_at], name: "delayed_jobs_priority"
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :delayed_jobs
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 334fd4ad..d0381055 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,44 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160310200131) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160313003721) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
+  create_table "delayed_jobs", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer  "priority",   default: 0, null: false
+    t.integer  "attempts",   default: 0, null: false
+    t.text     "handler",                null: false
+    t.text     "last_error"
+    t.datetime "run_at"
+    t.datetime "locked_at"
+    t.datetime "failed_at"
+    t.string   "locked_by"
+    t.string   "queue"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
+  add_index "delayed_jobs", ["priority", "run_at"], name: "delayed_jobs_priority", using: :btree
+
+  create_table "events", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string   "kind",           limit: 255
+    t.integer  "eventable_id"
+    t.string   "eventable_type"
+    t.integer  "user_id"
+    t.integer  "map_id"
+    t.integer  "sequence_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
+  add_index "events", ["eventable_type", "eventable_id"], name: "index_events_on_eventable_type_and_eventable_id", using: :btree
+  add_index "events", ["map_id", "sequence_id"], name: "index_events_on_map_id_and_sequence_id", unique: true, using: :btree
+  add_index "events", ["map_id"], name: "index_events_on_map_id", using: :btree
+  add_index "events", ["sequence_id"], name: "index_events_on_sequence_id", using: :btree
+  add_index "events", ["user_id"], name: "index_events_on_user_id", using: :btree
+
   create_table "in_metacode_sets", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "metacode_id"
     t.integer  "metacode_set_id"
@@ -181,5 +214,15 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160310200131) do
 
   add_index "users", ["reset_password_token"], name: "index_users_on_reset_password_token", unique: true, using: :btree
 
+  create_table "webhooks", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer "hookable_id"
+    t.string  "hookable_type"
+    t.string  "kind",                       null: false
+    t.string  "uri",                        null: false
+    t.text    "event_types",   default: [],              array: true
+  end
+
+  add_index "webhooks", ["hookable_type", "hookable_id"], name: "index_webhooks_on_hookable_type_and_hookable_id", using: :btree
+
   add_foreign_key "tokens", "users"
 end