[Path-list] Fwd: Re: VARO Club Automated Reports

[Jim Houck]

Another issue discussed was the reporting of volunteer hours. Read more below.JimSent from my Galaxy Tab®
-------- Original message --------From: Diana Christopulos <dianak16 at earthlink.net> Date: 10/25/21  10:58 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: jhedrick at erols.com, 'Kathryn Herndon-Powell' <kherndon at appalachiantrail.org>, taduffey2054 at comcast.net, "'Davis, Gerry'" <grdavis53 at mac.com>, 'Anne Maio' <trailsamkm at aol.com>, shadeoak at gmail.com, 'Jim Houck' <houckjw at bellsouth.net>, 'Ron Hudnell' <ronhudnell at aol.com>, 'Betsy Truscott' <btrus at infionline.net>, 'Elizabeth H Truscott' <btrus at icloud.com>, "'McIntyre, Christina'" <cmcintyre at vt.edu>, OCVT-president at vt.edu, 'Bill Neilan' <wmneilan at gmail.com>, johnm.phillips1949 at gmail.com, trudyephillips at gmail.com, 'Carl Boggess' <carlboggess at yahoo.com>, 'Lee Lohman' <lohmantatc at gmail.com>, 'Pat Doyle' <patrickjd9 at gmail.com> Cc: 'Leanna Joyner' <ljoyner at appalachiantrail.org>, ro936562 at gmail.com Subject: Re: VARO Club Automated Reports 
    This seems like a good idea.  No one ever asked me for my hours this
    year, so I doubt they were counted.
    Diana
    
    On 10/23/2021 7:14 PM,
      jhedrick at erols.com wrote:
    
    
      
      
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                 All,
                I
                    did not participate much in the discussion regarding
                    automating the work/admin reporting structure for
                    clubs.  PATC went to full automation years ago
                    because with 1,200 miles of maintained trails and
                    many shelters/cabins, a manual reporting process was
                    not feasible.  We initially developed “home grown”
                    systems but these had little software documentation
                    and security safeguards.  We decided on a commercial
                    product which captures all our reporting
                    requirements.  We have 30 districts and each is
                    equivalent to a small club in terms of trail mileage
                    and number of maintainers.  Some are directly
                    related to the AT (240 miles) but most support other
                    national/state/forest agencies. 
                 
                We
                    have a professional IT staffer who deals with all
                    our data requirements and resolves any reporting
                    issues.  If you concur I might have him join us at
                    the next Friday meeting.  He is extremely
                    knowledgeable with our reporting data requirements
                    and might be able to assist in the automation
                    discussion.
                 
                Thanks
                    for the well run meeting and the excellent dialogue.
                 
                John
                    Hedrick
                PATC
                    Supervisor of Facilities 
                 
                 
              
            
          
        
      
    
    
  
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