Admin's question for event organisers (33)

At the moment you can start special threads on the BDSM Events, Munches and Open Air BDSM boards that the system treats as event announcements. This is done by filling in the date and time of the event, and the title of the event then also appears on the Calendar. At the top of these event announcements are buttons for members to say they're going or that they're interested. If they say they're going, their name is added to the attendance list at the start of the thread.

For informal events like munches and club nights where you can turn up at the door, this seems to work very well and we want that to work the same way it does now.

However, for events where people must confirm in advance before going there's a danger that people think they've confirmed by using that button whereas the event organiser needs a memo and maybe to ask a couple of questions (or get payment!) first.

Is there a way we can improve how this works? For example, that adding your name to the list might automatically generate a memo to the event organiser if the organiser ticks that option? Maybe even that their name doesn't then appear until the organiser adds them?

Is there any interest in having invitation memos too? Some sort of "Send this member an invitation to my event" button, and a way of seeing the list you've sent so far and whether they are coming. Some of this might be additional information not visible to other members, including confirmations from people who don't want to be listed on the thread.

Organisers could then use the attendance list as part of their own tracking of guest invites, confirmations etc.

Whatever we do, it needs to be simple to use for organisers and for guests, even if what's happening in the background is complicated

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It sounds really bad to me. Most events just allow people to turn up and getting a memo that someone has clicked to tell you they are turning up is fairly pointless. Clicking to say they are turning up isn't the same thing as them turning up.

The only way this would be useful is if you opted in to receive memos.

There is also another downside to having it. What would the response be if someone realised you received a memo every time they clicked to say they were going. How much fun could someone have clicking I am Going, I am not Going, 300 times in a row?

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Presumably the same as if they clicked send memo 300 times - presumably the block-list button could be used to prevent undesirables (and click spammers) claiming to be attending your event.

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But you would have 300 memos before you could do anything about it, unless you went through all of IC and put most people on Bloc.

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At present I can only see someone is interested in going to an event if they are in my network (or more recently if I am following them). As an event organiser it is quite useful to see how many "might" be going as well as those that say going.

Thanks in advance for any feedback on this request.

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It is the person's fault if they do not do this, I have often double checked that i am on the list if I forget i've asked a few days before the event.

It is up to the person to keep on top of what lists they are on, not really the organisers.

Is there a huge number of people that do this?

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It only needs one with a grudge.

I have the perfect accent for conflict resolution, shame about the personality.

thats a fine then- clicking block once will delete all 300 memos!

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That would flag up new names on the list since the OP last viewed it, they could then make a note (electronic or paper) and avoid information overload with lots of emails/memos etc

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