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Add Map Area/Radius Filter to Route/Place and Activity Searches
Right now the map view of search results doesn't show if you don't have any filters chosen, because the map view has a limit on the number of records (balloons) that may be displayed. Add the ability to filter by an defined area--two corners of a rectangle or a radius around a point.
0 votesClustering is a better idea that is easier to implement and decrease the need for this approach to improving map search.
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Make it possible to have org wide policies and info pages show higher in search results
Right now its impossible to search for the carpooling page in the general search because people use the word carpooling in everything. It'd be great to be able to mark certain pages and blogs that have important organization wide information to the top of the search.
2 votesThe issue here was that the “Page” content type was not indexed for searches. So this is fixed.
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Calendar view on mobile site
On the mobile site, can the event calendar default to a calendar view rather than list view?
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Add Pronoun Field to Profiles - Part 1 GH3031
We not only want people to be comfortable being themselves, but also to be celebrated for their identities and what makes them unique. In addition, we try to build a culture where we don’t make assumptions or pass judgment on each other. So if a person chooses to tell you their pronouns (in their profile or otherwise), they are simply letting you know how you can refer to them, without you having to make any assumptions.
Part 1 - Add pronoun field to profile edit form and profile display.
Part 2 - Add pronoun field to roster displays and downloads.
12 votesPat 1 was completed in Dec 2019.
See http://feedback.mountaineers.org/forums/273688-general-feedback/suggestions/41632774-add-pronoun-field-to-rosters-part-2-gh2887 for Part 2. Vote for or subscribe to the “Part 2” idea to receive status updates.
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Please create two "outdoor leadership" activity types ~Salesforce
In order to track what the mountaineers does in terms of outdoor leadership, we would like two activity types:
Leader Development - Leadership Skills
Leader Development - Technical SkillsBelow is the email thread for background:
Here’s a really quick stab at some language, for nothing else than to give us something to edit:Leadership Skills
- May or may not be activity-specific.
- May or may not have a focus on outdoor leadership.- Emphasis on facilitation, instruction, and/or group leadership.
Technical Skills
- Activity-specific.
- Skill development in activity that this person leads or aspires to lead. (Not…7 votesCompleted Feb 2019
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Branch Council Roster Positions GH2746
Please create positions specific to branch rosters:
Branch Chair
Branch Vice-chair
Branch Co-chair
Branch Secretary
Branch Treasurer
Branch Officer
MemberNote: "Member" is for branches whose committee chairs regularly attend branch council meetings but don't have a branch officer role (so its important we keep this) Thanks!
4 votesCompleted Aug 2021.
Notes/Questions
- I saw “Content Manager” used, so I added that to the list.
- Since “Members” are described as Committee Chairs, should we add “Committee Chair” to the list? Would that be better/more correct? If so, do we keep “Member”?
- Each committee has a new field called, “Committee Type” with three choices: Committee (the default), Branch, and Board of Directors (for the Board of Directors “committee” only).
- For each of the branches, you’ll need to first edit the committee and choose “Branch” for the “Committee Type” field and then edit the rosters to choose the correct “branch” position for each person. -
Practice Sessions
In order to accommodate activities that are not trips and not instructional in nature, we would like to create a category called "practice sessions" that function exactly like clinics. Currently, these would be used to house pool practice sessions (currently listed as clinics) and open climb nights (currently listed as events and therefore we aren't requiring online waivers or QYL for youth to come). We (Sara, Becca, Tess) think that this could potentially require very little development and have a positive impact across the organization. I'm happy to chat more about it!
4 votesThis was completed as part of the website 4.5 upgrade in February 2024. https://www.mountaineers.org/blog/tech-update-4-5-bulk-roster-updates-practice-sessions-site-search-and-more.
Thank you for your patience and feedback.
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Functionality for youth in family memberships who age out GH2747/2773
When a youth who is a Mountaineers member turns 18, they should receive a "happy birthday" email (with the primary account holder copied) saying:
"Happy birthday! We're so grateful that you and your family have given The Mountaineers a chance to play a role in your formative years. We hope you feel like you're part of the family. We know that your late teens and early 20's are busy years. We hope you can still stay involved, but even if life takes you on new adventures, we want you to know that we still consider you part of our family,…1 voteJun 2018
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Clarify rolling enrollment confirmation emails ~SFOnly
Right now the email shows only the start date of the first course lecture/field trip which is confusing. Make it so both start and end dates show AND it states that it is rolling enrollment and the individual course dates will be shown in separate activity email
1 voteJun 2018
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Add "don't show on my profile" checkbox for donor related badges GH2748
Some members would appreciate having their peak society status hidden. Add a don't show on my profile check box to the badge roster entries.
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Need a way to mark courses/events/activities as led by staff vs. volunteers GH2707
Right now its getting difficult to report volunteer contributions for recognition and annual reporting versus staff contributions.
2 votesA long time coming, but this is finally complete. The Activity, Course, and Event edit forms now all have a “Led by Staff” checkbox that is synced to Salesforce. Sara and decided that we do not need the history, and getting it accurately seemed nearly impossible, given that most of us have led as both staff and a volunteer.
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Add Financial Assistance Link on Course/Activity Layout GH2749
Should say "Apply for Financial Assistance"
We'd also like to move the Cancellation and Refund link below Availability so we have text that breaks up the two links.https://www.mountaineers.org/membership/financial-assistance
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Create "Trip Reporter" Badge ~WebsiteContent
What if we created a “Trip Reporter” badge (or some such name) to award to folks who leave 5+ trip reports a year? This would encourage more people to leave trip reports, and help with our goals to gamify membership engagement.
Here's a good trip reporter example: https://www.mountaineers.org/members/dave-morgan/trip-reports
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Need to add links to Branch websites under the "Branches and Committees" page of the main Mountaineers.org website
Some of the branches, like the Olympia branch, have stand alone websites that provide much more information on their officers, committees, and activities than the main mountaineers.org website. It would be beneficial to all to clearly link the individual branch webpages to their respective branch pages under the "Branches and Committees" page of the Mountaineers.org site.
I wasted a ton of time trying to find detailed info about the Olympia Branch on the Mountaineers.org site only to give up. I was finally told about the olympiamountaineers.org site and voila, there was all of the info I needed. A direct link…1 voteWe added branch home page and committee page features in July 2015. Since then our branches and committees have been moving content form their own websites to mountaineers.org. Most branches and committees have completed this. Our Olympia Branch is in the midst of this content migration and will be done soon.
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Youth Registration Checkbox for Activities GH2750
For activities, change the checkbox text shown to youth under 18 to: "I have verified that a Qualified Youth Leader will be present for this activity. The youth registrant meets the age and skill requirements and has permission to participate in this activity. <a href="/activities/request-leaders-permission?surveyed-object-uid={PloneUID}">Request Leader's Permission</a>"
7 votesCompleted May 2019.
See http://feedback.mountaineers.org/forums/273688-general-feedback/suggestions/41632696-registration-portlet-checkbox-update-for-adult-cou for the similar idea for courses. Vote for or subscribe to it to get updates.
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"Suggested Alternate Activities" when Registering for the Waitlist
It would be great if we could have "suggested alternate activities" pop-up when someone registers for the waitlist on an activity. This might look like the page that shows of recommended books. Alternate activities would be of similar difficulty, they would have availability, and they would be open or upcoming. The hope would be to try to get folks off our waitlist and into activities with availability.
3 votesWe think is may be partly fixed by requiring leaders to choose a Leader Rating so that searches are more accurate.
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Make Activity Template's Activity Type a Multiselect GH2752
Right now we have a number of leadership clinics which we are having a hard time reporting on since they are categorized by activity type when really we want them tagged as both the activity like Sea Kayaking AND outdoor leadership
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When adding a reservation to SPC calendar, add an "ability to open/close SPC" checkbox GHPR2742
Facility and Volunteers don't have a clear system for ensuring there is a person on site who can open and close the facility. Under the current system, staff must manually follow-up with each leader or make assumptions about event overlaps and if there is going to be someone that can open/close the facility.
I'd like to see a required checkbox on the add event page that asks:
"Will there be someone that is familiar and able to open and close the program center during this event?" If no, or unsure, please contact the facility staff at spc@mountaineers.org"
We then…
1 voteApr 2018
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Deceased member information ~Salesforce
What needs to happen to membership accounts when a member passing- including but not limited to unsubscribe from emails, change contact for communication on membership etc.
Website:
○ If part of a family membership, adjust as needed for the survivor(s)
○ Set membership expiration to the date when marked as deceased
○ Unsubscribe from all email newsletters
○ Unsubscribe from magazine mailing if not part of a family membership
○ Remove from all committeesSalesforce:
○ Set Email Opt Out to True0 votesCompleted Mar 2019
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Add skiing categories to activity and course faceted search GH2753
Its hard to find cross country ski courses in our find activity and course searches. Can we add cross country and backcountry ski filters
5 votesAug 2018
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