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Re: Logging attendance

1923 works in a storefront space (not our school), so for us the attendance log is a safety thing as well as a team involvement requirement.

We use a paper method- sign in and out at the door, etc. It works well for us, especially since we have a parent chaperone sitting at the front desk when we're meeting.

Since we're in a non-school location, we also have rules about coming and going. The chaperone has to make eye contact with the parent/sibling picking you up (can't just leave to walk over to McDonald's or something), and only students over 18 may drive themselves to the build site.

Hours, like many other teams have stated here, are looked at when applying to travel with the team and when students apply for leadership positions. However, it's not the only thing we take into account. A student could be there from 9am to 9pm on Saturday but not have contributed -- it's about the noted effort you put in during your time there as well.

For us, paper method works just fine. We tally people's hours at the end of the week & add them up when we're looking for that information at various points in the year. We just prefer not to overcomplicate it.
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