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  1. Add a "Branch" column in addition to a "Branch" filter on the Committee Chair Directory GH3140

    This would be helpful for searching and filtering in the directory, and it would help make clear which committees belong to which branch.

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    0 comments  ·  Volunteers  ·  Admin →

  2. Committee volunteer hours page

    Thanks for the volunteer hours tracking! Any chance we can get a "committee volunteer hours" by committee? that would help committee chairs track and verify their hours. similar to committee feedback. Thank you!

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    0 comments  ·  Volunteers  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    This information will be integrated into new and improved branch dashboards that will be launched soon.

    We will also likely add volunteer hours into committee -aggregated leader feedback whcih will be added in the next few years as part of an upgrade and overhaul of our leader feedback system.

  3. Branch admins should be able to schedule an activity for any of their committee's leaders SD643

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    This is important for people who want to help with admin on the website but don't want to be on every single committee roster when they aren't actually doing much work regularly for that committee.

    Needs to work for scheduling, trips, clinics & seminars, and course activities.

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  4. Create @mountaineers.org email address for committees

    Currently a number of committees have created Gmail addresses, which are shared between chairs, course leaders, etc. It seems like there should be @mountaineers.org addresses for this

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  5. Create a badge for New Leader Mentors

    Would help prospective leaders and activity committee members identify willing mentors without spamming the entire leader roster.

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  6. Change Kitsap Branch Name to Peninsula Branch GH2736

    Long time members of the branch did not think Kitsap captured the true nature of the branch's membership, so voted to rename to Peninsula branch. I expect some increase in membership from the Olympic Peninsula, where more people will feel like this is "their" branch. I do not think this will be significant in the overall scale of membership, of which Kitsap is a small part.

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  7. Highlight # of activities led / courses instructed in volunteer leader/instructor profiles

    "Game-ify" volunteer leader & instructor trips led & courses taught to encourage them to list more trips and volunteer more often as instructors.

    Update volunteer profiles so that a “star appears” around their profile picture for each trip they lead or for each time they participate as an instructor / leader in a field trip. When X number of stars have appeared then volunteers receive some sort of recognition, to be determined, . . . for example, . . .

    a. X stars – a Mountaineers Books coupon or a Starbucks card accompanied by a form thank you note (and…

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  8. Auto-populate branch council rosters with all chairs of branch activity committees

    There are some times when a branch council roster isn't updated after a new chair comes on to an activity committee. If this wasn't a difficult or expensive feature, it would alleviate one bit of data entry for branch council's AND help prevent other committees from missing communications from the councils.

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  9. No leader permission requests without valid waiver.

    If a participant making a request to sign up for a trip does not have a valid waiver, the system should inform the requester directly to resolve the matter before sending the request to the trip leader. As it is now, the system relays the request to the trip leader without regard to waiver status, resulting in a waste of time and effort when a requester's waiver is not valid.

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  10. Add "Slider Images" to Branch Home Pages SD385

    Allow branch admins to add images to their branch 's page that will be "slider images" similar to the main mountaineers.org home page. They will be images only (no special text, boxes or links).

    Some thought this was part of the branch home page design, but that was not perfectly clear in specification.

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  11. Still Logged In as a Zope User GH1096

    A few folks have received a "Still Logged is as Zope User" message when logging out of the website. Please let us know if you are one of them. Thanks!

    Here is info that would be helpful to us if you experience this issue:

    • What device are you using (brand, model, etc.)

      • What browser and operating system you are using.
      • Was there anything odd about when you logged in?
      • From where did you log in (e.g. following a link in an email or bookmark/favorite that required log in or navigation directly to mountaineers.org.)?
      • What page were you on when you…
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    0 comments  ·  Volunteers  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    We understand what causes this issue and it is only an issue with site admins. It has not been reported by anyone in several months.

  12. Volunteer Recognition Badges ~WebsiteContent

    We have Super Volunteer and Key Leader Badges. What other ideas do you have for volunteer recognition badges? This input, combined with our current and future website abilities will help us make the best decisions as we develop ways to recognize the hard work that our volunteers do.

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    Closed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    We shoudl do this as a survey to our volunteers. It’s too hard to get responses for this kind of a question here.

  13. Web forms and surveys integrated into the website GH1674

    It would be great to have web forms available to leaders so we can create course applications, branch surveys, run branch elections, etc directly on the website using the member's login

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  14. Review Participation Notes

    On the "My Activities" page there's a "Review Participation Notes" blue button. It seems like these Participation Notes should have their own section on the left sidebar, similar to "My Feedback". Or it could be combined with the "My Feedback" page and use the same date filtering etc.

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  15. Creating and finding volunteer opportunities SD404/389/390/392/393

    Features need:
    * Skills & Interests Widget
    * Posting opportunities
    * Finding opportunities
    * Reporting hours from opportunitity rosters
    * Opting into recieving emails about opportunities

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  16. Loosen up committee roster visibility GH1365

    Loosen up roster visibility so I can see rosters of other committees, branches. - from Focus Group

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    Closed  ·  Garrett Arnold responded

    We’ve not seen any interest in this at this time so cancelling this item at this time.

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