[Imcamericorps] Staffing the Desk

[Nicole Pion]

I think if someone wants to staff for 5 hours, they should go for it,
(assuming your supervisor is ok with that).  Coverage is not always easy,
but we are doing so much better now that ever before and it's really paying
off.  Also, keep your fingers crossed that we will have some interns helping
out on the front desk soon!!

I'm trying to be available for back up, but I worked several weeks-worth of
overtime before you all got to the IMC so I'm taking time in November to
make up for it (the 19th  - Dec. 2nd).  After the holidays, I will have
better availability to cover for folks.  Let me just reiterate how happy I
am that you all are here!

Also, I think that Judith had asked about coverage over Thanksgiving and the
holidays and the best thing to do is probably to figure all of our schedules
out at the next staff meeting and make our decision that way.  Having never
had staff before, the IMC doesn't really have any protocol for this, but
we're definitely not expected to work on federal holidays.

See you Monday,

Nicole

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Jacob Barton <udderbot at gmail.com> wrote:

> If Kat does a 5-hour chunk, and 5 other folks are doing single-hour shifts
> that cover that span of time on other days, it won't be a major disruption
> to people's daily routine to do an extra day at the same time, and we could
> cover it quite easily.
>
> Do we have a sense of which hours are high-traffic, so far?
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My feeling about this is that a regular hour every day that we know
>> isn't going to be covered for a week is easier to handle than a block
>> of five hours on one day. If you know you're going to be taking off
>> for a few days or a week at a time, I think it'd be better for you to
>> take a known low-traffic hour every day. That way we can choose to
>> staff it or not, since it will likely already be 'fuzzy staffed' by me
>> or Carly or Katy. If you schedule yourself to staff 5 hours on Monday
>> and then have a three-day weekend, we'll have to scramble to fill some
>> of those hours, but probably won't get all of them. We might not be
>> able to cover the high-traffic hours on short notice.
>>
>> Does that make sense? Thoughts?
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Katherine Lieder <klieder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hey all--
>> >
>> > I wanted to float a proposal to reopen the discussion of staffing the
>> front
>> > desk.  I am going to miss 4 days next week and haven't heard anything
>> back
>> > yet about anyone who can cover.  I think Carly is missing that time
>> too...?
>> > I am wondering if perhaps those of us who go in and out of town a lot
>> might
>> > be better off taking a single day for five hours as opposed to an hour
>> every
>> > day.  Would people be willing to discuss this?  Not sure I'm going to be
>> > able to make the meeting at noon, but if I don't, would anyone like to
>> join
>> > me tonight at Blind Pig #1 around 9 pm?  My boyfriend will be in town
>> and I
>> > wanted him to meet you guys.
>> >
>> > lovelove,
>> > Kat
>> >
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Nicole Pion
Outreach and Development Adviser
AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
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