volunteer button

[ekittrie]

The disclaimer says: "Once you volunteer for an opportunity, you will not be able to cancel your commitment to volunteer."

Users report that they want to be able to un-volunteer. Can the functionality be built in to let someone un-click the volunteer button if they change their mind?

[polastre]

Un-volunteer was a purposeful choice. If someone volunteers and then bails, they're leaving the requester out to dry. If you volunteer and don't deliver, that should be reflected in your profile. Since multiple people can volunteer, you can always seek more volunteers if the current ones are flaky.

I'd have to hear some good arguments and user interviews to be swayed to write more code to allow "un-volunteer"

[ekittrie]

I think part of the problem is the assumption of how much a person knows about the project before volunteering. I think many of our users were assuming they could volunteer and then learn more about the project after the project owner contacts them. In the model you are talking about it sounds like the potential volunteer needs to really understand the project commitment and then decide before hitting the “volunteer” button if she or he is a good fit. Since the info on the site is limited, it seems like it might be hard to fully know what is being asked of the volunteer (which makes committing hard).

I think it comes to down figuring out whether the concept of “volunteering” is an expression of interest and being considered for the project vs a commitment to do the work. T

From: Joe Polastre [mailto:notifications@github.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:23 PM
To: HHSIDEAlab/midas
Cc: Kittrie, Elizabeth (OS/IOS)
Subject: Re: [midas] volunteer button (#17)

Un-volunteer was a purposeful choice. If someone volunteers and then bails, they're leaving the requester out to dry. If you volunteer and don't deliver, that should be reflected in your profile. Since multiple people can volunteer, you can always seek more volunteers if the current ones are flaky.

I'd have to hear some good arguments and user interviews to be swayed to write more code to allow "un-volunteer"

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[polastre]

You can like something to "follow" it. An upcoming dashboard that state designed will show updates from things you like. So I'd argue what you want already exists in the like feature.

[ekittrie]

So, if you like/follow a project, what does that mean? I am following some of the projects on our site, but since there is not yet much activity I cant tell what happens.
When is the new State enhancement going to be ready?

From: Joe Polastre [mailto:notifications@github.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:37 PM
To: HHSIDEAlab/midas
Cc: Kittrie, Elizabeth (OS/IOS)
Subject: Re: [midas] volunteer button (#17)

You can like something to "follow" it. An upcoming dashboard that state designed will show updates from things you like. So I'd argue what you want already exists in the like feature.

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[polastre]

Their new developer is not yet on board. Perhaps HHS could help implement it. Specs are on the main Midas wiki.