Category and Time Requirements for Ward Calendar
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:37 pm
I was trying to set up our Ward Calendar but ran into problems that prevented me from creating a useful calendar for our ward's members.
1. I don't always know the start and/or end time for an event, so those fields should be optional, not required. It would be more important to have the event listed on the calendar than for it to be unlisted because of missing times.
2. There should be a category for General to include events that might not fit into the other categories or fit into more than one. Also a category for YM/YW which currently is two separate categories. And there should be a category for Scouting.
I realize the "Check for Conflicts" could be useful, but there are many events that might appear conflicting but in reality are not. Scheduling conflicts would be better handled and resolved on a human level and should be the responsibility of the people doing the scheduling to check the calendar.
I am looking forward to the new calendar and encouraging the ward members to use it, so hopefully these things will be resolved soon. If I'm mistaken on these things, please let me know how to get around these obstacles.
1. I don't always know the start and/or end time for an event, so those fields should be optional, not required. It would be more important to have the event listed on the calendar than for it to be unlisted because of missing times.
2. There should be a category for General to include events that might not fit into the other categories or fit into more than one. Also a category for YM/YW which currently is two separate categories. And there should be a category for Scouting.
I realize the "Check for Conflicts" could be useful, but there are many events that might appear conflicting but in reality are not. Scheduling conflicts would be better handled and resolved on a human level and should be the responsibility of the people doing the scheduling to check the calendar.
I am looking forward to the new calendar and encouraging the ward members to use it, so hopefully these things will be resolved soon. If I'm mistaken on these things, please let me know how to get around these obstacles.