In the real world, a subgroup forms at this point to
investigate and report on the feasabilty of electronic
registration and event management.
Is there enough interest from real people to spend
real time looking at this, rather than just "what
if.." or "I had a computer once and it didn't work"
discussions.
I'd do it, Don? Randy? A Kelly?
Craig
--- "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com> wrote:
> I so far really like Don's ideas, particularly about
> the pre-assigned
> work assignments. Question: how would you prevent
> two people from
> signing up for the same thing? Would event chairs
> have to deal with TWO
> lists? I like the database idea, BUT now that means
> someone at
> registration is going to have to do all this data
> entry. WHO wants to do
> that? Repeatedly? At all the events? It seems like a
> lot more work for a
> system that, although as outdated as the abicus,
> really, truly works.
>
> I want to make it clear: I LIKE the pre-reg idea,
> and of course, I was
> typing the above, some other ideas occurred to me,
> but I am not a
> programmer, I don't know how to make them happen. I
> want this to work.
> I'm just weighing all this stuff out loud, and you
> poor people are being
> dragged along my thinking process. I'm sorry.
>
> Anyway, despite our antiquated methods, I still
> maintain that SFR events
> (along with AAS, NASA, and other old-fashioned
> clubs) are hands down 100
> times more efficient than BMWCCA events, unless
> something has
> drastically changed.
>
> I have been to a BMWCCA event. I don't want to get
> into all the details,
> but it just seemed like a lot of work for ONE person
> to make our lives
> slightly, but not much more, convenient. Think about
> this, Don. This one
> person, I believe, had stayed up until three a.m.
> (okay, really, really
> late) handling all the data. And not only that, they
> didn't start the
> event until around noon because of course issues,
> and shoot, by that
> time, they could have registered 400 people by hand.
> Ah, shoot, Don, YOU
> were there!
>
> Again, I totally like the pre-reg idea. The question
> is, would it REALLY
> speed up registration? That's what I'm hoping, and
> it's the most
> important part, never mind making our lives more
> convenient, which is
> secondary. I know at the Boondoggle, for example,
> each year we
> were/are/will be in deep doodoo at 8:55, because our
> first run group
> workers are STILL standing in the registration line
> - a complete
> nightmare, making me much older than I really am.
> So, of course you can
> see I'm all over any idea that's going to speed up
> registration and
> improve the quality of the event. I just REALLY want
> it to work.
>
> I guess I'd have to suggest that the Boondoggle NOT
> be the beta test
> event. :)
>
> Katie K.
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