I'd like to welcome members of CBST's Masorti and Reconstructionist minyans to Shabbat People. I hope you find that the site supports your efforts to create a participatory community by making the bookkeeping of signing up for parts a lot easier.
To get started, you need to create an account on this site. As part of the registration process, you'll see a check box for which group you want to join. Make sure you select the appropriate checkbox or boxes.
Welcome!
Click on the name of your group.
If you don't see the name of your group, you need to log in first.
Once on the group page, click on the relevant date. Then click the check box or boxes to sign up for the part(s). You'll get a confirmation via email.
Email Shai at: shai@gluskin.org if you have any problems.
Coming soon is the launch of a new online tool, Shabbat People.
So many parts in a service! How to keep track of who is doing what.
Many chavurot and minyanim rely heavily on volunteer coordinators: Torah-reading coodinators, kiddish coordinators, haftarah coordinators, davnnen coordinators, and more. The amount of phone calls, emails, back-and-forth that goes on to get everything done can be a real burden. Shabbat People is being created to lighten that burden.
It doesn't replace the coordinators, but it makes their job a lot easier. In addition the volunteers performing these roles can easily keep track of their own assignments by simply logging in, thus relieving the inevitable stress that comes from busy volunteers juggling busy lives.
Some of the features of the upcoming Shul Take Parts Beta.