I think the real issue to me in this rollout is that it is not only too little, it is too late. We're already midway through February, I anticipate the actual rollout being March, by then we've operated 25% of the year with an older system, or a paper system. I don't anticipate adoption of the system until the start of the year next year. Maybe I'm just a downer in this, but I didn't see or read the clamor over a simple scheduling system. I haven't had anyone in my stake come to me and say, hey, we need this, when is it coming.... I do hear other things, but I'm a broken record in that area by now... Frankly without Stake-level access, what is my motivation to ensure that it gets rolled out to the wards and branches? I'd probably prefer to wait until the stake might have the access, or roll it out to begin a year.eblood66 wrote:So as valid as your points are, not every ward needs stake help so there will be a fair number of wards that can start using it. And you may be right that no Stake Clerk would say to develop it with only ward level access, but I'm sure there are quite a few ward clerks who would say, "Yes, give it to me sooner even if the Stake Clerk can't help me yet."
It is disappointing that we couldn't enter 2012 with some of these systems in place (Newsletter and Scheduler), I believe with all my heart that it was the intention to provide it prior to 2012 but for many reasons beyond IT control, other areas were prioritized ahead of it.