[Psml] Barriers to Registration

[Markus Ritter]

Dear Lonnie

 

Thanks for your support towards eliminating barriers to registration by
requiring that on-line registration is always enabled.

Now all we have to do is convince the enablers to change the system to what
the people want.


Markus Ritter AP
webmaster at Door County Sail & Power Squadron

920-746-1510

Sturgeon Bay, WI

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From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of
Lonnie
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:15 PM
To: markusritter at hotmail.com
Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Psml] Barriers to Registration

 

A good IT person can set up the "blind link" easily on the squadron website.
The Nat'l website has dozens. In Bellevue, we have that for every major
officer and committee chair. When the specific person changes, the IT
changes that persons email address to the one of the new person behind the
scenes, and the public doesn't have to keep updating address books. Noone is
suggesting that online is the only way to go. Our target market does use
this method.

 

The 10 signups and then a total no-show on the day of the seminar is very
unfortunate. Setting up online payments is a costly overhead expense, but
would be an answer for attendance likely.

 

Lonnie Butler

Past Cdr

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Barclay M. Thomas <mailto:barcthom at sbcglobal.net>  

To: Lonnie <mailto:lonnie.butler1 at gmail.com>  Butler 

Cc: United States Power Squadrons <mailto:psml at usps.org>  Mailing List 

Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:43 AM

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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