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Please bring 'ongoing' back as an option - it switched to 'flexible' but now we need to but an expiration date in there which 1. looks messy since a big chunk of our opportunities don't end & 2. It's confusing to a volunteer who is interested to look and see this date, which means nothing and 3. It is more work for us to track what dates were put here so we remember to go back and move them forward as that date approaches so hours can be properly logged.
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Bri Quarfoot posted 18 days ago
Hello,
Just wanted to add to this again - the suggestion above does not work for us because we have volunteers in ongoing roles for YEARS. Amplify is supposed to provide functions to allow volunteers outside of shift based volunteering, however removing the ongoing duration option really hinders our ability to properly track our ongoing opportunites - and does not allow us to give volunteers an accurate representation of what they are committing to. On the back end having to track and update existing opportunites is very time consuming and inefficient.
I recently received the following comment from a volunteer who was applying for a role where we missed updating the expiration date: "I can do a couple days in December, but would be able to start regularly in Jan (if still needed - says this only goes through Jan 2025, but not sure if that is accurate)
Not having the ongoing duration option just opens up the likely hood of us missing updating a date & our volunteers then being unable to log their hours. It is also very confusing to volunteers when they see a date across the top of their screen, but that date truly has no meaning as the role they are looking at is 'ongoing' - there is really no way to hide it. Not sure why it can't be added back, as it was an option in the past & just disappeared with the Amplify update?
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Abby Torrice posted 3 months ago Admin
Hi Bri,
Thank you for adding this to the forum. I've gone ahead and recorded your suggestion.
This might be something you have already thought of but I'd like to share this here just in case and for anyone else that may see this forum post. I recommend for opportunities that don't end to ether organize them yearly, quarterly/seasonally or monthly and detailing that in the title of the opportunity to support volunteers in navigating opportunities. For example: 2025 Garden Clean up, 2026 Garden Clean Up etc. This can also be beneficial on the backend for reporting purposes.
I appreciate your input!
Best,
Abby
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