[Psml] Barriers to Registration

[Markus Ritter]

Dear Barclay

Thanks for supporting the elimination of barriers to course and/or seminar
registration.

 

Sounds like there is a lot of sentiment towards eliminating barriers,  I
wonder what percentage of the members would agree to forcing all Seminars to
allow on-line registration (not require it, just allow it).  Maybe the
Optional on-line registration form needs one of those boxes with the funny
letters and or numbers that can not be easily read by a computer, but I
doubt it.

 

Markus

 

Viva la click here for optional on-line registration form.  

 

From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of
Barclay M. Thomas
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:43 AM
To: markusritter at hotmail.com
Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Psml] Barriers to Registration

 

Markus, et. al.,

I agree that on-line class registration should be made available BUT, if the
squadron SEO does not 'do' computer (for whatever reason) and the Executive
Committee (who would/should have the responsibility in such case) cannot
find a person with the capabilities and willingness to field the emails and
do the integration with DB2K, then the on-line registration should be
blocked.

The squadron may lose some prospective students by not having the on-line
signup, but having the link active and no one to handle the queries would be
even more damaging. Nothing worse than having a student show up for a class
only to be told "sorry never got your application, no books/space for you".

 

With all, or most anyway, Boating class and seminar reports going back to
Nat'l via computer now, someone has to be doing the on line stuff anyway so
maybe a little persuasion/cajoling/sweet-talking might get them to handle
the incoming request task as well. I can understand though that some members
may be unwilling to put their email address out there for all to see.
Something else for the IT folks to work on, but setting up a method for
blind links would be quite a task for this site I'd think.  

-- 

P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP

Saybrook Squadron, District 1

United States Power SquadronsR

barcthom at sbcglobal.net





 

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