Great ideas Bill. Here's a demo of the homegrown solution that our stake uses: http://www.returnandreport.net/demo/ward/eq/
It might not be complete, but I think it does many things you suggest except allow editing companionships and assignments online (it's driven by MLS exports where editing is done) and the statistics and visit history can't currently be uploaded back to MLS for synchronization with the Quarterly Report or Stake MLS. Secretaries have been doing that manually. I whole heartedly support any effort to reduce the line-up for the ward computer;) Not everyone in my ward/stake has lds.org accounts, but *everyone* (at least every home or visiting teacher with internet access) currently logs on to this site at least once per month. As far as usefulness to ward leaders, I put this at the same level as the the online membership directory and ward calendar. Like some the the ward mapping apps we've seen recently, this could easily be open-sourced and shared with or hosted for other units except for the valid concern HQ has regarding uploading MLS data to a non-lds.org server. Until Church HQ gives us a sanctioned mechanism to build on-line apps that contain protected membership data, I'm not sure how this HT/VT tool in particular could be shared and improved upon, other than as a less-effective offline tool. Maybe others of you have ideas? -Greg > If would be great if members and leaders were able to enter Home and Visiting Teaching information on the web site. > > If you have ever stood outside of the clerks office you have probably noticed Priesthood and RS leaders waiting to get access to the unit computer so they can update MLS. The ability to make HT/VT > assignments from the web site would be great, especially if they could export a CSV file that could later be imported into MLS. Each update of the directory would also replace the HT/VT assignments, which would encourage leaders to perform the imports in a timely manner. > > The ability to report on what families you have visited would be a good incentive for people to register with and use the web > site. HT/VT assignments could be obtained from MLS whenever the unit directory was exported. EQ, HP, and RS leaders could obtain a report of statistics. Perhaps in the form of a CSV file that could be > imported into MLS? > > If the above is too much, then at least MLS should allow Priesthood and RS leaders to export a CSV file with current assignments, and then later import the updated file back into MLS. That would greatly free up the computer, especially if some of the leaders are > ridiculously slow typists. ;^) > > > > > --- > Bill Pringle > work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.unisysfsp.com > http://www.unisys.com > home/school: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.personal.psu.edu/~wrp103 > http://CherylWheeler.com > > _______________________________________________ > Ldsoss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
