Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: common meal software demo

[Ken Lewis (kenlewisjr]

Hi again,

It's been about two weeks since I rolled out the demo. There've been nearly
100 logins, which is encouraging. If you have any feedback I'd love to hear
from you.

Also, if you were confused by the system I'd be happy to walk you through it
by phone. From walking somebody else through it I noticed how much it helped
the person to have questions answered as they came up.

One thing I noticed is that no one completed the process of "locking" a
meal. That's the process, once a meal is in the past, of entering how much
cooks spent on the meal and clicking the "Finished" button. When that has
been done, an "(L)" shows up for that meal on the calendar. Again, I'm happy
to walk people through it.

Here's the link again and a login user:

http://www.stikineriverrat.com/mealtrakdemo/

User: wilma
Password: demo

I look forward to hearing from folks.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Lewis [mailto:kenlewisjr [at] yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:45 AM
> To: 'Cohousing-L'
> Subject: [C-L]_ common meal software demo
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> So, here's the link to the demo:
> 
> http://www.stikineriverrat.com/mealtrakdemo/
> 
> INTRO:
> 
> All of the data in the demo is from real data from my community. The names
> have been changed to protect the innocent, etc. Feel free to add, edit,
> delete to your heart's content since now it's just demo data.
> 
> LOGGING IN:
> 
> For logging in, I'll start by giving you a handful of names here. However,
> as you'll see below you can log in with any first name that's in the demo.
> 
> Davies, Zena
> Doe, Jane
> Doe, John
> Eller, Wilma
> Eller, George
> Pendergast, Luke
> 
> User Name: simply use the first name (e.g., jane)
> Password: demo (same for all users)
> 
> TIPS:
> 
>    - There's a legend below the calendar. Use this to understand the
> colors
> and symbols used in the calendar.
>    - The Working Assumptions link (also below the calendar) is helpful.
> 
> REPORTS:
> 
> The most important report is Cumulative Balances below the Log Out button.
> This is where you can track where each household stands in terms of their
> balance. Negative numbers mean that a household owes money.
> 
> LOCKING MEALS:
> 
> Locking a meal is how credits and debits are applied to cooks and diners,
> respectively. You can lock a meal once it is in the past. Click on any of
> the past meals in August to see how this works. Note: there's a button on
> the cook costs screen that allows you to change the sign up sheet. This is
> helpful for last minute changes and signups.
> 
> TIME TO STOP TYPING:
> 
> Ok, that's enough from me for now. Let me know f you have any questions!
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
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