A Committee member composed this list:
- complete French translation and develop all new features in both languages
- Make reports bilingual.
- Change the event/activity entry to an expense claim format and provide for the use of an electronic claim form this should result in faster payments and a direct link between expenses and training. The claim form should be filled out by the individual (or zone admin) and “approved” by a zone admin.
- adopt some guiding principles
- develop all new features in both languages
- make all reports bilingual
- provide an electronic method of completing processes while retaining the ability to use a paper method. This means data entry can be done by the individual or zone admin.
- reduce the effort required to maintain the records by implementing processes to allow more people to enter their own information.
- develop the concept of “event participants” use the event participants list to populate drop-downs for sign in and crewing
- have an electronic sign in
- allow anyone to be added to an event currently much data entry is restricted to people inside the data entry person’s jurisdiction.
- provide member update of personal information
- provide member access to training information
- create an ability to print ID Cards
- create event participants capabilities report, spotters|pilots|navigators available list
- allow more than 2 spotters per flight – max crew size should be 20
- implement the required components of the casara membership policy. Automatic removal, annual renewal etc
- create more documentation about the required data entries. Currently data is not entered consistently across the country. For example , who does the data entry for a Training Officer’s meeting, director’s meeting.
- provide guidelines for what entries are required for an event and what is expected, – ie when to enter “participant” time instead of “other”, travel time to/from event, multiday events what events should be entered and who should be responsible for entering them.
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Another Committee member stated:
I still want to see entry formats simplified. I find it annoying to have to put brackets around area codes and to have to put a slash between year, month and day.
I’d also like to see the cursor go automatically to the most likely spot on each page. It doesn’t seem logical that I go to the log-in page and have to physically place the cursor in the “User” space or go to “Personnel” and have to put the cursor in the Membership Number space.
Comment by airsar — December 18, 2009 @ 15:42 |
A Committee member wrote:
The suggestion has again been raised about the possibility of including several search patterns on one flight entry in lieu of making several entries so that each search pattern can be recorded.
My suggestion would be that the capability to enter a maximum of four search patterns for one flight would be about maximum. We almost always have two or three patterns per flight; a track crawl to the search area, contour and CLA in the same area and an ELT homing on the way home
Comment by airsar — December 18, 2009 @ 15:47 |
A Committee member wrote:
I had a couple of suggestions for the next go-around on the Operational Status Report:
All phone numbers be listed, not just the home phone
Comment by airsar — December 18, 2009 @ 15:48 |
A Committee member responded:
On missions, I specify the cell-phone number on the person first as priority since this is of highest priority. Otherwise, simply listing a phone number as the current sign in has often leads to calls to one’s spouse at home.
Comment by airsar — December 18, 2009 @ 15:48 |
A Committee member responded:
Of course, you can always have a “List of Members” printout beside you with ALL the phone numbers handy…
However, I went part way and added the “Preferred Phone” beside the person’s name in the “Operational Status Report”. Not all people have Cell phones, so you can designate Home,Business,Cell,Other,Pager as the Preferred phone as required.
Comment by airsar — December 18, 2009 @ 15:49 |
A Committee member added the following lists:
Features
Member Access
Member Renewal
JRCC Access
Direct Input in the creation of forms and reports
Problems
Heavy server loads / wrong org data
I-Phone/Blackberry/cellular possible CMS problem?
Aircraft – correct erroneous or duplicate aircraft
ASSETS Problems – see BJW email 20090312
ASSETS – duplicated serial numbers
deleting duplicated/unwanted events
Suggestions
Adding a new pilot category in CMS for Comms pilots, with is own Currency software and reporting
cursor should go automatically to the most likely spot on each page
report to highlight level of activity (Anne Barr)
Military Spotters’ currency plus reports
Complete French translation
(see Kevin’s email “CMS Notes for National Victoria October 24, 2009″)
add a “memo” field to events
addition of more “activities” (see my 20090521 email)
a way to make mass changes to an event
add Director’s name & comments to Annual Report
ID cards and pictures
forecast and budget training dollars
Non-SAREX travel time (meetings) & travel time to/from SAREX
Instructor prepare/teach activities
see blogger.com [CMS Committee] New activities(Functions)
GoundCrew ActivityTypes
see blogger.com [CMS Committee] Duplicate records and our priorities
flexible Date entry format
see blogger.com [CMS Committee] Front-end Usability.
changing password
removing selected members/editing events
Multi-Org events – select from other org.s
OSR Military Spotter additions
Resource Units – create events; reporting by
TC Safety related activities – improve recording intuitiveness
see blogger.com [CMS Committee] Multiple Search Patterns.
finish ASSETS Reports; add write-off procedure
let MO’s manage their member logins,passwords and access
optional filtering out of multi-Org events from List of Events report
OSR improvements – page column headers & prediction coloring
new report types/selection controls – see JD email 200811/18
CAP pilots`currency
GroundCrew entry form request
ASSETS documentation
new Training Record report
sorting Event Activity report
Search Coordinator currency
Comment by airsar — December 24, 2009 @ 15:41 |
Aircrew Entries:
Under the aircraft section, please match call sign with owner of aircraft.
Would simplify inputting, when doing Multi-Org events. As I for one do not know every pilot’s call sign, in the entire province.
eg: Select Aircraft:
C-GNIH – Benson
Val
Comment by Val — January 29, 2010 @ 02:17 |