VOLUNTEERS!

[mtaman02]

Has anyone heard anything reqaurding the VIMs and when it should be up?

[Wetzel]

Considering that the first regionals are more than three months away I'm not to pressed about it opening up soon. I'd be willing to bet that they will get better responses if they wait until the end of January or so to open it up fully.

That said, I've heard nothing other than to be patient.

Wetzel

[Manoel]

I've heard from FIRST that you'll be able to designate an event and position the first week of December, though Wetzel is right that there's really no need to rush.

[Steve W]

This is FIRST. They said that it would be up for September. They did not state what year.

[Jessica Boucher]

It's great that everyone is so excited to volunteer, but in my experience, volunteer retention is highest when the number of actions to sign up is the lowest possible. I would rather have a complete, working VIMS that was released later than an incomplete VIMS open sooner that forces my volunteers to sign up three separate times. Once open, all you will have to do is go in once, select your event & role preferences, and you're done. Any more steps than that and I have lots of incomplete entries, frustrated volunteers, and open spots.

Because of this, I am more than happy to wait for VIMS to get to that point. Trust me, there's still plenty of events that need volunteers, and there are still spaces available!

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

... Trust me, there's still plenty of events that need volunteers, and there are still spaces available!

Echo that. If you want to volunteer at an event, don't worry. Your friendly regional volunteer coordinators will not run out of opportunities.