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.

Saturday Pruning Is Still On But Check Back Here Before You Go.

I’m writing this late Friday evening. Currently I have no information from the orchard manager about tomorrow, so until he says anything, pruning is still on. He often goes into the orchard in the middle of the night to look at conditions.

I gave some bad info, no Friday pruning.

The message about needing volunteers for Friday March 21 was put up by mistake. In my rush to review the volunteers for the rest of the week, I noticed there weren’t any for tomorrow. So in my hurry I rushed to add something that was completely wrong. So there is no pruning Friday.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused..In the words I have uttered before. I’ve never done this before and I’ll never do it again.

Pruning continues…but help is needed

Currently all scheduled pruning is still on schedule. However we are short of volunteers.

Currently no one has signed up for Friday, March 21st. This is a plea to sign up. When you sign up online it help us manage the orchard better. I’ll have more to say about everything we are trying to do to help the orchard be more efficient and help you be more aware. Please be patient as we go through this learning process of adding technology to the orchard where appropriate. New ideas are appreciated, old methods and processes not so much. Change is hard, we all realize that and are experiencing that as orchard service missionaries, so we ask you do all you can to help us so we can better serve you. Right now using the online sign up form is the first best thing you can do. There will be more to show and say as time goes on.

Now back to pruning and the schedule….

Anyone signed up to prune should know the orchard is open for anyone who is signed up and scheduled. Everyone should consider pruning is open until further notice. I will not be posting everyday the status of the orchard UNLESS it changes by the orchard manager. So unless you see a cancelation notice on this web site. Consider the orchard is open for pruning.

Thanks for your service. The orchard service missionaries.

Pruning is back on

Sunny weather is back and the orchard is really needed a lot of volunteers to prune. The orchard manager has determined the orchard can be open. So anyone who has signed up for tomorrow please plan on coming.

Thanks. The orchard missionaries.