[Psml] FW: Barriers to Registration

[Dan Bartell]

I have been following this whole thing with a bit of confusion since 
this is all my software.
First of all what is the "block" option?  I don't have a clue.

The way the software works is there is a system called the 800 system 
which lets squadrons list their courses online.  If they want online 
registration for the course they check a box which says "Allow online 
registration".  If they don't want it they don't check it.  Also when 
they list a course there is a required field for course contact and a 
field for telephone number and a field for email address.  You have 
to pick a minimum of one.

Then there is a locate a class near you page which allows the public 
to find a course.  The easiest and preferred method is by their zip 
code.  They get back a list sorted by distance between their zip code 
and the zip code of where the class is given.  Part of the 
information displayed is the contact name and telephone and email 
depending on what they entered.  No email address provided, no email 
address shown.  If the class was listed with online registration and 
the contact had an email address listed, there is a link to the 
online registration form which will be emailed to the contact after 
the potential student fills it out.

What am I missing?  What is this blocked stuff all about?

Cheers,
Dan
At 11:33 AM 7/5/2009, Kristi W. Anderson wrote:
>As much as I agree that no one should be blocked, you would be amazed at all
>the road blocks national (that means every department) hits when we try to
>implement something to make the squadrons better.  Some: sqd barely
>surviving so no volunteer has a PC; personalities don't allow the change as
>"this is the way we always did it" (ex: increasing of dues at district
>level); not feasible in this area of the country (ex: how the calculations
>for awards are handled); etc.  Thus everything done at national has a
>contingency - the squadron gets to choose (ex: the way they handle dues).
>This is great!  But, it causes a lot of extra work and in this case
>development.  Point is, if National IT offers a new feature, there is always
>one squadron that is surviving with folks who do not have a desire to have a
>computer, have 5 people in the sqd and barely call themselves a squadron,
>but love USPS.  Therefore, this is affecting everyone. As stated before,
>maybe before we complain, we can offer a suggested resolution with the
>problem.  In this case, add a text line "If your SEO does not have email,
>and there is no one else in the squadron that is willing or able to use
>theirs for this purpose, then choose the "block" option."  I do highly
>recommend the forward/blind email address as mentioned before.  But this
>text line would help to explain why it is done this way.  PS - some
>squadrons will read this and then start using this as an excuse (not wanting
>the gen public emailing them.)  Yeah, we have heard it all.  :-)  But we
>keep trying to better the process and help the squadrons regardless.
>
>Kristi Anderson
>IT Committee
>
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P/C Dan Bartell, SN
SEO - Shallotte River Sail & Power Squadron - D27 (NC)
Member USPS National Information Technology Committee   
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