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AMC Online Trip Listings

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The general idea

Leader or committee chair enters trips online

Committee chair reviews and approves the trip

Leadership or activities provides final approval

AMC publishes trips in Outdoors and Web

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Life of a Day Hike

1. Leader enters trip

2. Hiking chairperson approves trip

3. Leadership chairperson approves trip

4. Joy St. editors approve trip

5. Trip is sent to Outdoors magazine

6. Trip is posted on Web

7. Trip is made available to Newsletters

8. Trip is archived

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When a trip is approved

Joy St. promises a one-day approval of trips Trips are posted on Web for all to see

www.trips.outdoors.org Link to this URL from the AMC Worcester

Web site Enter trips, approve, and advertise in a just

a few days Can reuse trips from archive

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Committee chairs enter their own trip leaders If you want a leader to use the program to

enter trips, you must add the leader. Enter leader’s name, e-mail, and phone Can sign up leader for more than one activity

(hiking and biking, for example)

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Translation

Leader = Contributor

Committee Chair = Reviewer

Leadership Chair = Approver

Activities = Approver

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Login

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Reviewer area

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Update your information

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Edit your account, and then click Update

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Click “Add new Contributor”

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Fill out info on new leader

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Click “Add new user”

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A leader signs on to trip listings

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Leader can update information

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Leader enters trip in database

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Leader enters trip in database (cont.)

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Leader enters trip in database (cont.)

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Leaders can view their own trips

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II. Chairpersons log in to review and approve trips

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II. See current pending trips waiting for Approval

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II. Click View to see the trip

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II. Click Edit to make changes to the trip

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II. Reviewer clicks Save and Forward to Approver

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III. Approver logs on and approves trip

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http://trips.outdoors.org

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Search Results

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Schedule for May Outdoors Publication

Feb 25 – March 1 Committee chairs enter leaders who plan to

lead activities for May, 2005.

March 1-8 Leaders enter hiking, paddling, biking trips for

May

March 8 –13 Committee chairs and approvers approve trips

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Committee Chair Responsibilities

Enter your leaders in the database Type their name, e-mail, and easy

to remember password Send leaders an e-mail with URL:

http://trips.outdoors.org/index.cfm/method/trips.showlogin

Leaders login with e-mail address and password and enter trips!

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Approver Responsibilities

Deb Herlihy – Leadership Chair Approves hiking, biking, skiing, paddling, climbing,

mountaineering trips Can add reviewers

Freida Coursen – Activities Approves programs, social, family activities,

conservation, trail work Can add reviewers

Jack Downing – Webmaster Adds reviewers and approvers Posts links on Worcester AMC Web site to trip

listings on at trips.outdoors.org

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Doug Burelle doug.burelle@citcomm.comPrograms Activity: Instruction (Skills)

Steve Ciras worcamchiking@yahoo.comHiking Activity: Hiking Colette Downing cmdowning@charter.netBicycling Activity: Bicycling Barbara Dyer barbaradyer@hotmail.comSocials Activity: Social Events Jen English jenglish1@worcester.edu Young Members Activity: Hiking Ed Fanjoy edfanjoy@yahoo.comFamily Activity: Hiking Pat Fanjoy pfanjoy@yahoo.comFamily Activity: Paddling John Grote john_c_g@msn.comClimbing Activity: Climbing/Mountaineering

Deborah Herlihy debora_herlihy@yahoo.com Leadership Activity: Leadership Training Don Hoffes rockypond@email.msn.comConservation Activity: Conservation David Miller pagayeur@gis.netFlatwater Activity: Paddling:Flatwater Ken Pickren kenpickren@charter.netTrails Activity: Trail Work Michele Simoneau simoneau@gis.netClimbing Activity: Climbing/Mountaineering Arin Vasil missmango21@aol.comYoung Members Activity: Hiking Tom Zumwalt tzumwalt@usadatanet.net

Committee(s): Skiing Activity: Skiing