I'm sorry, perhaps my understanding of the term in context of this software and our membership is incorrect.
Let me explain. When designing a software product for users, you want to use a "do-no-harm" approach. Taking someone away from their chapter without asking and without notifying them is harming their membership. Then, the customer finds out at the next meeting they attend that they are no longer a chapter member. The customer then has to track down the problem. Finally, the customer has to resolve the problem and follow up on the resolution to make sure it stuck. Were "auto assign" not there, then none of this would happen. A customer wanting to change their affiliation would just do so, and by their own actions be aware of the change. Does that help? Cheers, Sean -----Original Message----- From: Milan Davidovic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:43 PM To: Brierley, Sean Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TCP] STC: latest shenanigans: survey VOTE NO on "auto assign" On 8/8/07, Brierley, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Silently, and without notice it would reassign members because it was > turned on by default. That behaviour is unexpected and harmful; surely > having it off by default was the right thing? I agree -- but "harmful"? Other than someone ending up in the wrong chapter (and the wrong chapter getting the money), what sort of harm would there be? No one getting murdered here, losing a job, going hungry, etc. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://www.terminus1525.ca/studio/view/2758 DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems. ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
