Postby RossEvans » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:25 pm
It's an intriguing idea. A downside is that it's hard enough to get people to scribble their name on a paper sheet posted on the ward's door. (In accidental emulation of Martin Luther. Then again, we aren't selling indulgences, either.)
Overall, getting everyone to log onto the website to make an appointment seems far too optimistic.
But in a few cases, online signup might actually aid participation, plus help the clerk. I fielded a few cellphone calls from people asking for slots, but I couldn't help directly because the schedule was at the church. I thought at the time the best of both worlds would be an online schedule, with a printout posted on the door each Sunday morning for non-tech members. Of course, the clerks would have to transcribe the scribbles onto the online calendar, but that is not a huge burden given all that already has to happen.
Fifteen-minute slots seem too long. Even at 10 minutes per family, if everyone in our ward came to tithing settlement it would take almost 100 hours of interviewing.