LockedPreparing for the Calendar 2.0 Release

The Local Unit Calendar development team is in the final stretches of development for Calendar 2.0. This is an exciting release for us that should improve usability throughout the application.

In order to ensure a smooth transition when we release the new calendar, we are inviting the members of LDSTech to help us work out the kinks before the official release. In the next several weeks we hope to release the new application into a type of sandbox environment where you can get access to try it out.

Our hope is that those of you who are admin users in your units will take the time to kick the tires for us. As an incentive, we hope to provide those assisting us with a more direct line of communication to the development team - a chance to ensure your gripes are heard by us...

The purpose of this post today is to gauge the interest in participating in such a program. Please respond to let us know if you are interested.

Obviously, those who are default admins in their stake/district or ward/branch will be most helpful. We may implement a mechanism whereby we can grant admin rights to specific users who want to contribute.

We hope to get a variety of users from multiple time zones. And if you live or work in (or regularly travel to) a different time zone than that of your local ward house, we especially need your help.

Finally, if you are an out-of-unit leader (e.g. Bishopric member or clerk in a singles ward, etc.), your input is also valuable.

The sandbox environment we hope to implement will probably contain an import of data from the production version of the Local Unit Calendar, but any new data entered during this testing phase will not be preserved when the 2.0 calendar goes live.

If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

I'm definitely interested. I'm a default admin (assistant stake clerk) in a stake in Utah.

I'm a ward assistant finance clerk in Texas.

I'm ward clerk in Oklahoma. We just called a Building Coordinator who hasn't yet activated his LDS Account (I explained that to him yesterday) so I will probably be the one to help him get up and running...

jdcr256 wrote: If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

I'm sure many of us use this forum because we love to "kick the tires" of the new technology that we work with in our callings, and we are anxiously awaiting the promised update for the calendar! I would prefer that your testing not be "live" on the "production version," and your "sandbox" idea seems a perfect solution. The transition to the new system was difficult in my ward and stake, and still not complete, and rolling out a polished and seamless update to calendar 2.0 will most definitely be preferred by my ward membership. How do you want us to respond-Via private message or the thread here?

I am interested. I'm Stake Web Administrator, Stake Technology Specialist, and Assistant Stake Clerk. Gridley, California Stake.

May I forward this to my Ward Admins for inclusion in the testing?

kisaac wrote:How do you want us to respond-Via private message or the thread here?

Here in the thread is fine.

This trial period will be in the production environment, but using a separate database than the current 1.6 version. Also, the calendar URL will continue to point to the existing 1.6 calendar. Only a small group (primarily those who volunteer to help out) will have the URL to the new calendar. Any changes they make will not be reflected in the 1.6 calendar, so units will continue using 1.6 with no interference from our test instance.

We don't have a technical solution to be able to preserve any of the data during our sandbox test, so any changes you do make during this trial period will be thrown away. That will give us a free-er hand to do testing anyway. When we do officially cut over from 1.6 to 2.0, all the existing 1.6 data will be preserved and seamlessly imported. So units will be able to continue on there way without any hiccups (hopefully).

I would appreciate participating as well, and am the Stake Executive Secretary for my stake.

I would like to participate. I am the ward website administrator for my ward in Utah.

Ward clerk in Utah.

Definitely interested. Ward Clerk in Provo, Utah.

Count this STS in.

Definitely interested. STS Fullerton, California

Thanks for asking.

I am interested. I am a stake presidency counsellor in Australia.

I am interested. I am a ward technology specialist in Gridley, CA

I checked this site to see for an approximate 2.0 release date. Anything I can do to help move this along, please let me know.

Thanks,
HH
Stake Executive Secretary
Santee, CA

I'm interested. Ward clerk in Utah.

I'm definitely interested. I'm a default admin (assistant stake clerk) in a stake in Sunny South Florida

I'm definitely interested. Ward clerk here in Oregon. Our Stake Assistant Executive Secretary was already convening a focus group for the calendar transition. I've suggested he and the other focus group members come join here as well.

Please sign me up. I'm a bishop in a Colorado ward.

Sign me up. I"m a high councilor with default approver rights, helping to get the stake calendar working. I'm in Seattle.

Sign me up. I'm a Ward Clerk in Reno, NV

Me too please. STS and Ward Exec Sec in the UK.

And me. I'm an Asst.Ward Clerk and STS in the UK also.

I should have said in a more specific way in my previous post, I'd like to do it as well. Ward clerk, ward website admin, Utah

I would love to help.
Serving as Stake Clerk in the UK.

I would also like to help in this effort. Ward Executive Secretary in Texas.

This STS is interested.

jdcr256 wrote:If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

Ward ES, Colorado

I'd be interested. Assistant Exec Sec/ Stake Webmaster. SLC, UT

I am definetley interested, STS, Seattle

Count me in. Stake Clerk in Abalama, I mean Alabama.......

I would love to help. Stake Clerk in Idaho

I would like to help.
Stake Asst Exec Sec - Vista CA

Bishop - New Zealand

yes please - bishop in the UK

I am interested, admin for both unit and stake in the UK.

I'm in.....membership clerk, ward and stake web administrator.....

This is great. I'm excited there are so many who are eager to help us out. It looks like we will definitely have enough participation to be worth our while. We're still working out the details of how to implement a parallel instance of the 2.0 calendar. Additionally, we are still a little fuzzy on when we will be ready to put a build into a sandbox environment. Watch for a new thread on the forum sometime in the next two weeks (hopefully) to officially announce the program and explain how it will be set up. I'll also explain at that time how to get access to the server, and what we will be doing to provide a line of communication to report issues.

I would like to try this and get a head start on the new calendar. STS CO.

Would love to participate.

Not currently an admin (calendar editor only), but could participate if you need more people to test

Aaron Z

love to also

Stake clerk. Default admin

I am interested in helping. I am ward membership clerk in Saint George Utah.

Please sign me up.

Ward Clerk, Kirtland, Ohio

also interested.. Exec Secretary, Texas.

I am also quite interested and quite heavily involved in our calendar implementation and training the members of the Stake. I am on the High Council over Facilities and also listed as Stake Technology Specialist. I am in the Gilbert Val Vista Stake in Mesa, AZ.

If you're still looking for people, I'm a Ward Clerk in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

I can help too. I am a Ward Assistant Clerk in Utah, and I will be in the central time zone the week of July 4.

I would love to participate in the testing process.

Stake clerk, STS, and stake website administrator.

STS in Logan Utah YSA Stake (out-of-unit)

Happy to get involved. I'm a Bishopric member in England, currently responsible for our Ward Calendars. I've also been assigned to manage resources and locations by our Stake President.

High councilor responsible for technology. Spokane, WA

I am the Stake Clerk in the Logan UT YSA 1st stake and would be happy to help. I am a Out of unit leader also.

elder.mike@comcast.net

jdcr256 wrote:The Local Unit Calendar development team is in the final stretches of development for Calendar 2.0. This is an exciting release for us that should improve usability throughout the application.

In order to ensure a smooth transition when we release the new calendar, we are inviting the members of LDSTech to help us work out the kinks before the official release. In the next several weeks we hope to release the new application into a type of sandbox environment where you can get access to try it out.

Our hope is that those of you who are admin users in your units will take the time to kick the tires for us. As an incentive, we hope to provide those assisting us with a more direct line of communication to the development team - a chance to ensure your gripes are heard by us...

The purpose of this post today is to gauge the interest in participating in such a program. Please respond to let us know if you are interested.

Obviously, those who are default admins in their stake/district or ward/branch will be most helpful. We may implement a mechanism whereby we can grant admin rights to specific users who want to contribute.

We hope to get a variety of users from multiple time zones. And if you live or work in (or regularly travel to) a different time zone than that of your local ward house, we especially need your help.

Finally, if you are an out-of-unit leader (e.g. Bishopric member or clerk in a singles ward, etc.), your input is also valuable.

The sandbox environment we hope to implement will probably contain an import of data from the production version of the Local Unit Calendar, but any new data entered during this testing phase will not be preserved when the 2.0 calendar goes live.

If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

I'm an OTR truck driver and cross multiple time zones. I'm also our Ward's Website Administrator and love to help "kick some tires" as I do this everyday (to my truck, that is). Let me know how I may help. marcrest1website@gmail.com

Having hit a few bugs at the start of the year when putting our Ward Calendar online, I'm up for kicking the tyres of 2.0.

Ward-level Admin; UK; Stake Centre.

I am interested in testing. I especially hope to be able to see individual ward calendars other than my home wards.

not sure how this screenworks

jdcr256 wrote:The Local Unit Calendar development team is in the final stretches of development for Calendar 2.0. This is an exciting release for us that should improve usability throughout the application.

In order to ensure a smooth transition when we release the new calendar, we are inviting the members of LDSTech to help us work out the kinks before the official release. In the next several weeks we hope to release the new application into a type of sandbox environment where you can get access to try it out.

Our hope is that those of you who are admin users in your units will take the time to kick the tires for us. As an incentive, we hope to provide those assisting us with a more direct line of communication to the development team - a chance to ensure your gripes are heard by us...

The purpose of this post today is to gauge the interest in participating in such a program. Please respond to let us know if you are interested.

Obviously, those who are default admins in their stake/district or ward/branch will be most helpful. We may implement a mechanism whereby we can grant admin rights to specific users who want to contribute.

We hope to get a variety of users from multiple time zones. And if you live or work in (or regularly travel to) a different time zone than that of your local ward house, we especially need your help.

Finally, if you are an out-of-unit leader (e.g. Bishopric member or clerk in a singles ward, etc.), your input is also valuable.

The sandbox environment we hope to implement will probably contain an import of data from the production version of the Local Unit Calendar, but any new data entered during this testing phase will not be preserved when the 2.0 calendar goes live.

If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

I'm the Assistant Stake Clerk in the Gilbert, Arizona Highland Stake, and would be happy to kick the tires. Our Stake President just asked if we can calendar each of our buildings using the Calendar instead of each buildling sheduling on their separate calendars. I now have the task of finding the answer. Does 2.0 do this?

bradweech wrote:Our Stake President just asked if we can calendar each of our buildings using the Calendar instead of each buildling sheduling on their separate calendars. I now have the task of finding the answer. Does 2.0 do this?

The current version of the new Calendar does this (but if you're coming from the Classic calendar it requires quite a change in thinking for both administrators and users).

I'm executive secretary to our bishop. Our stake executive secretary has made me an admin on stake-level calendars too.

I would be happy to participate.

I am the Ward Webpage Administrator, the Stake Webpage Administrator and the Stake Center Building Scheduler in the Milwaukee Wisconsin South Stake.
Margie Stroble

Stake Clerk of Tech, Stake Web Admin, Ward Web Admin, Utah.

2nd counselor Stake Presidency - Kansas City, MO Stake

In the stake executive secretary for the Columbia Maryland Stake. Please sign me up to kick the tires!

butt't Clerk over Finances in Nevada. I'd be happy to play in the sandbox and kick some tires!

Stake Clerk and STS in Orange CA

I'm assistant executive secretary in the Hillsboro, Oregon Stake and would like to be involved.

Thanks.

Definitely interested! Stake Clerk – Layton, Utah.

This will give me a head start in updating the training material that will be used for the our Stake Council, Unit Clerks, Web Administrators, Building Schedulers, etc…

I'm interested to help where I can. I'm the STS here in El Cajon, CA and travel frequently across lots of time zones.

Ward Assistant Clerk - Membership
Provo, Utah
Provo YSA 217th Ward, Provo Utah YSA 15th Stake

I would like to participate. I am an out-of-unit stake clerk for a YSA stake in Provo, Utah.

I am the Stake Administrator, Mesa Az. Happy to look/use the Stake calendar.

I'm interested. Ward Clerk, Sandy, UT

I am interested in participating. STS / Assistant Stake Clerk in Henderson, NV

I, too, am interested.

Ward Exec Sec / Website Admin from Connecticut interested in testing the 2.0 sandbox environment

I'd love to help out. I'm a former STS that set up the calendar at the beginning of the year and provided training to ward clerks. Now I'm the 1st counselor in a Bishopric.

I'd like to help as well. I'm an out-of-unit Bishop serving in a YSA Ward. I would also like to have my ward web admin help. I'll get him to sign up as well.

I would like to participate in Calendar 2.0. I am our Ward Administrator. Henderson, Nv.

jdcr256 wrote:The Local Unit Calendar development team is in the final stretches of development for Calendar 2.0. This is an exciting release for us that should improve usability throughout the application.

In order to ensure a smooth transition when we release the new calendar, we are inviting the members of LDSTech to help us work out the kinks before the official release. In the next several weeks we hope to release the new application into a type of sandbox environment where you can get access to try it out.

Our hope is that those of you who are admin users in your units will take the time to kick the tires for us. As an incentive, we hope to provide those assisting us with a more direct line of communication to the development team - a chance to ensure your gripes are heard by us...

The purpose of this post today is to gauge the interest in participating in such a program. Please respond to let us know if you are interested.

Obviously, those who are default admins in their stake/district or ward/branch will be most helpful. We may implement a mechanism whereby we can grant admin rights to specific users who want to contribute.

We hope to get a variety of users from multiple time zones. And if you live or work in (or regularly travel to) a different time zone than that of your local ward house, we especially need your help.

Finally, if you are an out-of-unit leader (e.g. Bishopric member or clerk in a singles ward, etc.), your input is also valuable.

The sandbox environment we hope to implement will probably contain an import of data from the production version of the Local Unit Calendar, but any new data entered during this testing phase will not be preserved when the 2.0 calendar goes live.

If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

I would also love to participate - Hillsboro, Oregon stake
I am in the YM presidency and do not have a ward or stake admin calling.
I have been invited to help the stake with the transition to the new calendaring system, and have also volunteered to assist with any additional training and assistance our wards may need in the stake as they work through transition issues.

I would like to assist with the tire kicking. I'm a stake president in Carlsbad, CA.

I am the STS, Stake Calendar Admin and Building Scheduler.

+1
Ward Executive Secretary in Colorado (and I have a JIRA login and used to be on the beta test team for the LUC project in 2010)

Since this thread was only to "to gauge the interest", it has served it's purpose. Another means will be used for signing up for actual testing.

Thanks to all.

The thread is now closed.

I'm just reopening this thread so that other people who want to beta test can add their names here.

Sign me up. I didn't see any Bishops participating. Thanks.

I'm interested. I serve as a counsellor in a stake presidency in Australia.

Stake Technology Specialist in Utah

Count me In !! Love to help work out the new calendar I have our Stake Done ! thru Dec 2011
Working on directory now by taking my digital camera to church and adding member photos
Then going to have a SS Class helping members to login into the new site !
Sharon from Hacienda Heights California Stake

I'm a stake executive secretary and have responsibility for the stake calendar.

Kent Perry

Sunday School president and LDS Tech-ite in Kirkland, WA.

Counselor in a bishopric, Phoenix, AZ. Count me in!

I'm interested in beta testing. I'm the admin for my Ward in Orem, UT.

Stake and ward admin, count me in.

I am Stake Tecnology Specialist for the Houston Texas South Stake. We are currently implementing the new calendar. i would like to participate in the beta test.

I am the Ward clerk of Singapore 2nd ward.

I can participate... Building Coordinator (Stake Center) in Victorville, CA

Stake Admin. PLEASE count me in this Beta!

I can participate

Clerk in Auburn, WA
Interested in helping with test.

Count on me. Stake Executive Clerk in Mexico.

Stake Building Scheduler and Ward Calendar Admin. Would love to participate.

I am definitely interested. I am the ward website coordinator in the Augusta Ward, Augusta, Maine, Stake. My stake covers the southern and western parts of Maine. Although the stake is named for my ward, we are the easternmost ward in the stake. The stake doesn't have a stake center building. Stake conference is sometimes held in two sessions (morning and afternoon) in two different buildings--Augusta Ward and Cape Elizabeth (Portland Ward) and sometimes in high schools or other locations. Other stake meetings are held in the Topsham Ward, which is about as central to the entire stake as it gets. Go figure... The other Maine stake is headquartered in Bangor.

I work in IT.

There are only two stakes in the entire state of Maine. Its slightly less than half the geographical size of Utah and has about half the population of Utah.

Janey

Interested, Bishop in MN.

sign me up i am membership clerk in parkland ward

I am interested. My Bishop is the agent bishop in our building and I am over building scheduling. This is an area I have been putting lots of thought into recently. If I can help, I would love to.

I'm very interested. I'm a ward website admin in a geographically large stake in NE Washington (Ephrata WA stake). I'm also technologically inclined, so would make a good candidate. I use PCs with XP and Vista, as well as iPad and iPhones.

My calling is ward website administrator and assistant ward clerk-- membership. I live in Albuquerque, NM.

I would like to help. Ward Mission Leader, previously a technology specialist, Northwest Nevada.

I'd loved to be added to the beta testing of the new calendar.

I am the stake website administrator for the Edmonton Alberta Stake in Alberta, Canada. I am also the booking agent for 2 of our buildings, [the stake center: houses 3 wards as well as the Regional building for 6 YSA wards and another 3 ward building. I am also the ward website administrator in my home ward. I have been doing these callings for 2 years. I use the "classic" website several times a day and have concerns about the new website, especially with building scheduling.
Would like to be considered.

C. Christensen

Sign me up. Ward Website Administrator in Saint George, Utah

I would be glad to participate. I'm a ward website administrator in St George, UT

Bishopric member / building scheduler for a ward in New Jersey.

If the lowly bishop of a ward in North Carolina would be of use to you, then I'm in. I love the new calendar, and have plagued my poor Stake President with requests for immediate migration since 2010.

I would like to participate. I am the ward website administrator for my ward in Utah.

I'll be getting the initial 2012 calendar events for the Stake in the next few weeks and would love to test out the new beta calendar. (Will our test events be lost, or will there be a way to transfer them to the production calendar?) We have 15 units spread across all of Southern Wisconsin and resources that we'd like to setup (canner, sealer, etc.). Our calendaring has started and we'll be collecting events (recurring and non-recurring) in August & September.

I am the 2nd Councilor in my wards bishopric in South Dakota, count me in.

sign me up too please

We would be happy to provide input from the perspective of stake leadership. There have been some significant omissions in the new website as compared to the old website.

I'm in the Mesa AZ Desert Ridge Stake

Lars Nielson
480-620-7865

Ward Clerk and an Employee of the Church.

If there is any room left, I would like in on this. Stake PC specialist, Longview WA

I am a stake clerk and stake technology specialist in Salt Lake City and I am interested in being a beta tester for Calendar 2.0.

I am the first counselor in a stake with 11 units in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am very interested (together with the Executive Secretary) because we have extenseively been using the current calendar and see room for improvement, thus we want to collaborate as much as possible.

jdcr256 wrote:The Local Unit Calendar development team is in the final stretches of development for Calendar 2.0. This is an exciting release for us that should improve usability throughout the application.

In order to ensure a smooth transition when we release the new calendar, we are inviting the members of LDSTech to help us work out the kinks before the official release. In the next several weeks we hope to release the new application into a type of sandbox environment where you can get access to try it out.

Our hope is that those of you who are admin users in your units will take the time to kick the tires for us. As an incentive, we hope to provide those assisting us with a more direct line of communication to the development team - a chance to ensure your gripes are heard by us...


The purpose of this post today is to gauge the interest in participating in such a program. Please respond to let us know if you are interested.

Obviously, those who are default admins in their stake/district or ward/branch will be most helpful. We may implement a mechanism whereby we can grant admin rights to specific users who want to contribute.

We hope to get a variety of users from multiple time zones. And if you live or work in (or regularly travel to) a different time zone than that of your local ward house, we especially need your help.

Finally, if you are an out-of-unit leader (e.g. Bishopric member or clerk in a singles ward, etc.), your input is also valuable.

The sandbox environment we hope to implement will probably contain an import of data from the production version of the Local Unit Calendar, but any new data entered during this testing phase will not be preserved when the 2.0 calendar goes live.

If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

I am interested in participating. I am the tech clerk in the Las Cruces New Mexico Stake and do all training of ward web admins, schedulers, etc. We currently schedule using the classic calendar. We have a number of non-building resources that are not tied to a specific building (ie. stake dance equipment, video projectors, etc.) which we schedule on the classic calendar and we are very interested to see if the new calendar can handle that. Thank you for the opportunity to participate.

I would like to participate. I am the stake clerk in Gilbert Arizona Stake.

rhusted wrote:(Will our test events be lost, or will there be a way to transfer them to the production calendar?)

The original announcement said that "any new data entered during this testing phase will not be preserved when the 2.0 calendar goes live."

I would like in on this. I'am a Ward Executive Secretary in Lima, Peru.

I'm high priest gruop leader in one of the wards in Helsinki Finland stacke. so I don't have admin rights but I would love to help if there is any way I can.

Meridian Idaho Stake Building Scheduler
Website Admin

I am available to participate. I am a ward clerk and the web administrator for our ward.

I'm certainly interested in this testing.

I am an Administrator in Tema Ghana Stake. A Stake High Councilor in charge of the Emergency and Relief efforts.

I'm a building scheduler in Northern Utah

Ward Executive Secretary in Utah.

I am interested, I'm ward clerk, building coordinator, and stake admin.

I am an ward executive secretary in Lehi and calendar admin.

I'm a ward clerk for a singles ward. I'd love to test this out.

I would like to test it as well!

Executive Secretary in my ward.

I am the Website Administrator for our Stake as well as the person that schedules the Stake Center. Would love to participate to understand the system.

Interested - Counselor in a Bishopric

Please add me - stake executive secretary in Ontario, Canada.

What is the anticipated timeline for the UAT?

I would like to help! I am Branch Clerk in a SPANISH branch. I am currently training all the auxiliaries to use the calendar

My name is Fernando Morales.

I'm second counselor of my Ward, so I'm definitively interested.

My name is Richard Costa

My husband and I are schedulers for our Stake building. We're definiitely interested in participating.

Judy Alley

I'm a Ward Executive Secretary

I am also interested. I'm a counselo in the bishopric with ward and stake admin.

Thanks, and excellent work so far!

I'm interested. I am Ward Executive Secretary and Building Scheduler in Utah. Our building also has a YSA Ward in our building which is not in our stake. I'm a church ICS employee in Riverton.

Ward/Stake Admin in Goldsboro NC Stake

Ward Assistant Clerk in YSA Ward - Provo

I would like to be part of this test.
Assistant Stake Clerk - Puyallup Washington

I wonder if we can use this calendar on our scheduling of Temple operation and maintenance activities. Love to test beta its applicability and workability as our tool in doing our jobs here.

I'm a Bishop and web administrator. I also end up helping our stake building scheduler figure out how to use the Calendar.

I am very keen to be of assistance.
I am an out of unit member serving as a ward clerk in a ward in the United Kingdom.

Hello. I´m a Ward clerk in São Paulo, Brazil and I would like to participate. Thanks

I'm the second counselor for the Bishop in San Justo Ward, Buenos Aires Argentina West Stake, and I want to participate, if were possible, in English and Spanish versions of this calendar.

Thanks,

I'm interested. I'm the Ward Exec. Sec. and defacto ward administrator. San Clemente, California

ward clerk, also church employee, would love to help out with this.

I am a High Councilman in charge of technology for my stake. Very interested. Thank you!

I am a Ward Web Admin in Utah. Very interested in the beta.

I'm the Stake Clerk and the acting Stake Technology Specialist for a stake in South Jordan, UT. I'm willing to help test.

Count me in.

Craig Smith
STS/Asst Stk Clerk/Stk Calendar Admin for a South Jordan UT stake.

I'm interested - Membership Clerk in Eagle Mountain Utah.

Count me in

Corey Bowman - Bishopric / Ward Admin / Jefferson Ward - SL Wells Stake

Please include me. Bishop in Utah

I can help. I am a ward clerk in Germany.

Add me to your list - Bishop in Utah

Ward Clerk In West Jordan, Utah

My name is Robert Blomberg and I'd be happy to help.

I'm a branch president in a land far far away.. Sweden.

Website Administrator in West Jordan, UT.

I would like to be part of the beta. I'm the website admin for Quitman, AR Ward.
Thanks.

Stake Clerk

I am just seeing this for the first time, but would love to work in a test/dev database.

Stake Asst Clerk / Admin

Just saw this for the first time also and would like to participate if not too late. Stake Building Specialist in Aurora IL.

Ward Executive Secretary - Puguet Sound area of Washington State

I am a Stake Clerk in Germany. Please include me in the beta test.

Stake Clerk in Northern Utah

STS would like to participate

I'm the web specialist for a ward in Boise. I would be happy to help.

hi , i 'm interested to help!!

I would like to be involved in the calendar 2.0 beta testing. I am both a stake and ward web administrator for the Toronto Ontario Stake.

I will participate in the beta test.

Currently I serve in the Stockton, California Stake as an assistant stake clerk/webmaster. I have been a data processing professional since 1969. This will be my first COP project.

Thank you.

I would be willing to be part of the test. I am the Executive Secretary in the Farmington UT South Stake. I have responsibility for the stake calendar. The stake clerk can also edit the calendar, but I have the primary responsibility to keep the calendar current.

In 2012 we're probably not going to print a hard copy calendar. We'll encourage people to use the electronic version.

Thanks - John Yancey

I would be happy to help out and learn new things. Our stake has had many challenges making the transition. The more I know, the more I can help them.

I'm interested. I'm the ward clerk and tech admin for the Lund ward in Sweden.

count me in for testing. Any thoughts on timing?

Alec Ellsworth
Milwaukee, WI South Stake

I am Stake Technology Specialist in Central Washington. My stake presidency has asked me to get involved early so I can help train the local unit administrators.

I am interested in the this I am Bishop in west point utah

Original Post was June 20..... Is there going to be a beta at some point??

Exec Sec in Ward in Texas. I work with the SPcy 1st Counselor to get the etools off the ground in our stake.

Interested. Spanish Fork Utah

When are we going to start helping with the BETA TESTING on the Calendar?
Haven't seen any answers to this have you?
Sharon

I would like to get in on this. In a Utah singles ward.

I am interested in being involved. Since it is August 10th, did the release come out. And how can I get more involved.

What is the plan for the Bldg Scheduling upgrade, to make scheduling more visible to members ?

I would like to be involved, but it sounds like still a waiting game. Ward Administrator

I am very interested in participating. My calling is maintaining the ward calendar with ward and stake events. I live in Las Vegas, NV, USA.

I am interested in beta testing. I was just released from serving in the Bishopric. I was called as the WML. I also have the assignment as Building Coordinator with the responsibility of scheduling the stake center where two wards meet.

I am interested in Beta Testing. I am the Elders Quorum President in my ward in Alberta. I am very familiar with the new calender and can`t wait to see what is coming next.

Sign me up. Just called as a stake technology specialist.

I'm a ward building scheduler in Kaysville, Utah, and am serving as a Family History Missionary in World Wide Support. I'd appreciate an opportunity to beta test the calendar.

The Beta is now live. Those of you involved should see an additional forum next to this forum. Several of those who've added their information recently have not yet been added, but will be shortly.

Instructions for accessing the beta are in the new forum.

The forum is Calendar Beta Test under the LDS.org Web Site forum in the Current and Future Technologies group.

Fred Wilson

Stake Website Admin

I'm interested. I am the Ward Executive Secretary for a Samoan Ward in San Francisco, California

Also interested if it's still open. Stake Tech Specialist in a stake with 9 wards and 2 dependent branches.

Also interested if it's still open. Just called as Stake Tech Specialist, previously Asst Stake Clerk (Membership). Please add.

Everyone to this point should have access shortly. I'll check back in a few days to see if there are any others.

I'd like access to test out the improvements.

- Curious IT professional

I'm interested if you're still looking for testers.

I would be interested if still open. I am a counselor in a stake presidency.

I would love to participate if possible. I'm a Bishop in San Diego.

I would like to be able to help test if possible. I am the building scheduler for a building that is shared by two stakes. So we have a unique situation that one ward in our building is blind to the schedule of the building. I am also the ward website administrator.

I'd like to participate. I am Stake Exec Secretary.

I would like to be included, I am a Stake Tech Clerk and also on High Council

Has anyone been contacted yet to help with the beta testing?

Haven't seen any response yet

Need to coordinate the IPAD-IPHONE-with the PC online updates
they are not showing up as typed in...very frustrating !!



Sharon L

sharonlower wrote:Has anyone been contacted yet to help with the beta testing?

Message #208 was the only "contact". If you can see the "Calender Beta" forum, you're in.

Ward clerk, Kauswagan ward, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

I am a stake executive secretary in the Oakdale Minnesota Stake, which covers a very large area, and the stake center is scheduled very frequently by out-of-stake members.

Stake executive secretary, Stuttgart Stake, Germany

I am interested, sign me up.

I would like to help out and I will definitely provide feed back.

Please add me. I am in the bishopric in the Colorado Springs area.

I'd love to help out. I am Stake Clerk & Technology Specialist in Australia.

Please sign me up also, I'm the stake executive secretary in the same stake as the previous poster ( hi Warwick!)

Please add me as well. I am a usability engineer.

I would like to participate as well.

Sorry to be so slow adding new users. I am in the process of adding access to everyone who's volunteered up to this point. Hopefully by the end of the week you'll all have access to the beta forum.

Is it too late to sign up for this? I was recently called to Ward Clerk and given full admin rights to the Ward site. I would love to help test this out if it is still open for new testers.

I would also love to help test usability. Exec Sec in Spokane, WA.

If it's not too late... I would like to participate as well.

Please sign me up. I am a Ward Clerk.

I am interested to help. Bishopric member and building admin, San Diego CA

please sign me up. YM pres in Lakeville MN.

Please sign me up. I'm a default admin (Assistant Stake Clerk) in Colorado.

Definitely want to participate if it is not too late. I am stake executive secretary. Thanks!

I noticed your September 9th call for more help. Please add me to the 2.0 Test iniative. Ward Clerk/Utah

I am interested in participating. Stake Executive Secretary North East U.S.

Please count me in. Ward Clerk

I setup our stake on the new calendar when it first came out and love it. Please add me to the list too. I am now 1st Counselor in the Bishopric.

I am keen to sign up for the trial - Stake Exec Sec for our Stake.

I'd like to, I'm elders quorum secretary in Wisconsin

I would also like to participate in the trial. I'm the Ward Exec. Secretary ...in Missouri.

Seeing as this was posted on June 20, I was curious to know how long you all will continue to need to kick the tires before a new release is done? Meanwhile, I'd be happy to participate. I'm the webadmin for our ward... Surprize, AZ

If still available, I would like to participate. Stake Tech Spec, UT

bschroader wrote:Seeing as this was posted on June 20, I was curious to know how long you all will continue to need to kick the tires before a new release is done?

Speaking for myself, hopefully as long as it takes before it's reasonably bug free. It's been billed as "beta" but I think it would be more accurate to say that we're assisting in the development process.

I would love to participate. Bishopric, 1st Counselor.

I can help. I am Stake Technology Specialist. Any time frame for general roll out? We are starting to look at next year for planner purposes.

Our ward has extensive experience with the old and current LDS calendars; I would be happy to participate in beta testing of the new calendar. Ward Executive Secretary.

I would love to help out. I am the Executive Secretary in my ward.

I'd love to participate in testing. Ward clerk in WA and I frequently travel to numerous time zones for work.

I am very interested. I am the Stake Exec Secretary in the Bremerton Washington Stake and in charge of calendaring.

Stake Clerk - Houston

I'm interested as well. I'm a Sunday School president if that is useful at all.

I'm a Councilor in the Bishopric and Assistant Stake Clerk from Brisbane Australia. These 2 callings cause problems with using the calendar. I'd like to help with testing.

I would also like to be included in the Calendar evaluation. I am a ward clerk in Roy, Utah and we will be doing all of our 2012 calendaring online

I am the Stake Web Administrator for The Winston-Salem Stake located in the Winston-Salem, Nc. area.

Geoffery Gentry
ggentry@surry.net
336 429-2738

Please advise me with details on how to have access. Thanks,

Brother Geoffrey Gentry

jdcr256 wrote:The Local Unit Calendar development team is in the final stretches of development for Calendar 2.0. This is an exciting release for us that should improve usability throughout the application.

In order to ensure a smooth transition when we release the new calendar, we are inviting the members of LDSTech to help us work out the kinks before the official release. In the next several weeks we hope to release the new application into a type of sandbox environment where you can get access to try it out.

Our hope is that those of you who are admin users in your units will take the time to kick the tires for us. As an incentive, we hope to provide those assisting us with a more direct line of communication to the development team - a chance to ensure your gripes are heard by us...

The purpose of this post today is to gauge the interest in participating in such a program. Please respond to let us know if you are interested.

Obviously, those who are default admins in their stake/district or ward/branch will be most helpful. We may implement a mechanism whereby we can grant admin rights to specific users who want to contribute.

We hope to get a variety of users from multiple time zones. And if you live or work in (or regularly travel to) a different time zone than that of your local ward house, we especially need your help.



Finally, if you are an out-of-unit leader (e.g. Bishopric member or clerk in a singles ward, etc.), your input is also valuable.

The sandbox environment we hope to implement will probably contain an import of data from the production version of the Local Unit Calendar, but any new data entered during this testing phase will not be preserved when the 2.0 calendar goes live.

If you are interested, please respond and indicate your calling (or just whether you have a stake/ward admin calling or not) and the general area you live in. Your feedback here will help us decide if and how to implement this test program, so tell your friends.

I am interested in testing as well. Im a ward admin and ward assistant clerk here in Stansbury Park, UT

If its not to late I would like to participate. I'm website administrator in edmonton Alberta.

I am totally in! I am the Website Administrator for my ward, and I have yet to be able to access all these new fancy pieces. (even though for the last month I have attempted to tweek my calling in MLS to be just right.)

The beta of calendar 2.0 is coming to an end. I know there were many of you who wanted to participate who did not get a chance.

If that is the case, please stick around. Don't give up on us. We are planning on implementing similar betas for many of our applications (including future enhancements to the calendar). These future betas will be easier to access, so you will have your chance to participate and help us make our applications better.