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, 25 November 2023→Q: If I cannot log my hours on my online volunteer profile, how can I record activity towards my MSC?
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===== Q: If I cannot log my hours on my online volunteer profile, how can I record activity towards my MSC? ===== | ===== Q: If I cannot log my hours on my online volunteer profile, how can I record activity towards my MSC? ===== | ||
A: You should ask for assistance from someone on your team, preferably your Team Leader, to assist you and possibly log them on your behalf. '''PBEM will not waive the requirement that hours be logged online.''' The reason is that recognizing a volunteer as an Active, deployable resource requires a record of their volunteer activities. PBEM recognizes that requiring this be done electronically does not work perfectly for everyone, | A: You should ask for assistance from someone on your team, preferably your Team Leader, to assist you and possibly log them on your behalf. '''PBEM will not waive the requirement that hours be logged online.''' | ||
The reason is that recognizing a volunteer as an Active, deployable resource requires a record of their volunteer activities. PBEM recognizes that requiring this be done electronically does not work perfectly for everyone, since some folks may not be computer or smart device literate. But we have determined it is the most equitable option available to us that results in the ''fewest'' barriers to participation. | |||
Note, also, that the MSC requirement is twelve hours. If logging hours online is a pain in the ass, log only the bare minimum twelve hours instead of logging every volunteer activity. Furthermore, those hours can be logged at one single sitting. So, for example, let's say a volunteer with limited computer access does 20 hours of NET activities in a calendar year, each of them five hours. On December 31, the volunteer goes to the library and logs in at a public computer. They log three of those activities and meet the MSC by putting in 15 hours. They remain in Active status until at least December 31 the next year. | |||
PBEM ''prefers'' that volunteers log all their volunteer hours, of course. More hours on the books means more program resources for everyone. But PBEM recognizes we need to be flexible as well. | |||
===== Q: Do I receive Active status while working back up to making my MSC? ===== | ===== Q: Do I receive Active status while working back up to making my MSC? ===== | ||