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== Background ==
== Background ==
Many individual PBEM staff are made aware of events that are relevant to our situational awareness, particularly for Duty Officers. But until now, there has been no low-touch way of sharing those events on a single calendar to the whole team. Using Microsoft products was tried in the past, but the display was not user friendly enough  The PBEM Leadership Team recognized the
Many individual PBEM staff are made aware of events that are relevant to our situational awareness, particularly for Duty Officers. But until now, there has been no low-touch way of sharing those events on a single calendar to the whole team. Using Microsoft products was tried in the past, but the display was not user friendly enough  The PBEM Leadership Team recognized the
====== Q: Why are some of the rows grey and others white? ======
''A: The tool uses color to set apart alternating Duty Officer shifts. You can see this more apparently in the DO calendar window, where there is a column titled "DO/BUDO". You'll see that events are grouped in color (either grey or white) as DO shifts change.''