[Imcamericorps] Staffing the Desk

[carol ammons]

Good morning Everyone,

I think the staffing had been going well so far, however, I know that
we'll have some interruptions based on holiday schedules, etc.  We can
go over any changes on Thursday during our member meeting.

Carol A

On 11/7/09, Nicole Pion <nicole.pion at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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> AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
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