[CINC] sign-ups NOT easy--can we all be administrators?

[Diane Rennell]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Carol Shoemaker
<ciharbor1 at roadrunner.com>wrote:

>  Amen!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Diane Rennell <diane.rennell at gmail.com>
> *To:* nkvanslyke at verizon.net ; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org ;
> Shauna Bingham <shauna.bingham at noaa.gov> ; Dave Begun <davidbegun at msn.com>; Clare
> Fritzsche CINC <Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2011 8:22 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [CINC] sign-ups NOT easy--can we all be administrators?
>
> Kathy, I disagree strongly.  The calendars don't work well for manyof us.
>
> The problem is not seeing the whole calendar at once.  We need to be able
> to see every alternative slot without "clicking"  each one
> (that's clicking 30 times on each calendar---and by the time you see all,
> decide, and go back, it's all changed.  And this happens many times a month,
> for those of us who go out often to fill in open spots).
>
> However, the "administrators" do thave that ability to see the whole
> calendar at once.  *Could Shauna/Dave arrange to give all of us admin
> prerogatives on volunteerspot to see all slots on each day of every day of
> the month?* That would solve the problem.  (I have reported the problem to
> volunteerspot, by the way, to see if they can incorporate such a feature in
> their next update.  They were interested, and are working on it.)
>
> For instance, I frequently I can go out every day, but need to schedule
> things on certain (but flexible) non-volunteer days -- or can go out just
> afternoons - so I have to see all the alternatives.  I can adjust my
> schedule to CINC, but only if I can see all the alternatives.
>
> Also, volunteer time counts.  Great to save Clare time.  Not great to cost
> 120 people a lot more time.  If we are employee equivalents,... etc etc.
> the argument can go on.
>
> In short, it needs improvement and I think it will happen!
> Best to all,
> Diane
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 7:11 AM, <nkvanslyke at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I actually have found the new system easy to work with.  Maybe it would
>> help people who are having problems if they  made a list of the days for the
>> month that  are available and just keep it for the month -- then it is easy
>> to compare either on line or with the list that Dave has been sending out.
>> That isn't that much different than when we had to send multiple choices to
>> Clare.  It seems to me that this has several  advantages -- one that  we get
>> to know instantly and also this should save Clare a lot of work that really
>> doesn't have to be done.
>>
>> Kathy Van Slyke
>>
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