def rfc_reminder(bot, update):
    get_url = base_url + '/api_usd/rfc/'
    r = requests.get(get_url, auth=(username, password), timeout=timeout,  params={'Group_Name':'R.Linux', 'change_closedate': 'null', 'page_size': 1000 } )
    result = r.json()
    tickets = json.dumps(result, indent=4)
    decoded_data = json.loads(tickets)
    for dec in decoded_data['objects']:
        if dec['change_status'] == 'Approved to Implement':
            tenant = dec['organization']
            assignee = dec['assignee_full_name']
            start = dec['Implementation_Start_Date_timestamp']
            end = dec['Implementation_End_Date_timestamp']
            rfc = dec['change_ref']
            summary = dec['change_summary']
            assignee = dec['assignee_full_name']

            now = int(time.time())
            try:
                if int(start-now) / 60 == 30:
                    if assignee != ' ':
                        tick = '** RFC ' + str(rfc) + ' | ' + summary + ' ** will start in 30 minutes! Assignee: ' + assignee
                        bot.send_message(chat_id='60914075', text=str(tick)) # ALEX M
                        bot.send_message(chat_id='-1001404840767', text=str(tick))    # LINUX GROUP
                    else:
                        tick = '** RFC ' + str(rfc) + ' | ' + summary + ' ** will start in 30 minutes! No engineer assigned!'
                        bot.send_message(chat_id='60914075', text=str(tick)) # ALEX M
                        bot.send_message(chat_id='-1001404840767', text=str(tick))    # LINUX GROUP
            except:
                pass