The Weather is Good, Let’s Prune!

Thanks to so many of you who are using the Web site to sign up online. It makes scheduling and deciding what to do so much easier when we have a clear idea of how many people to expect.

Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday March 25th, the crew checking in volunteers will be using the QR codes to check you in. Here’s how it all works. When you sign up, a QR code is generated for you and you only. This QR code is placed in a file along with your name, stake, ward, and service date. This file is printed out and we will use it as you enter. The orchard missionary checking you in will ask for your name, find it on the sheet, and scan the QR code next to your name. That QR code goes to the data set that is used to ‘Check In’. Thus making the check in step unnecessary.

The back end data sheets are capable of detecting duplicate entries. So if anyone does ‘check in’ using the web site, and also gets ‘checked in’ at the orchard, only 1 record is added to the database. This is important because it is this data that is used to record hours.

The ‘Sign Up’ data is used both to help us schedule as well as a legal record. The FDA audits these records to ensure the orchard is complying with all safety requirements.