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Southern Cross GarrisonEvents Guide

Creating an event

  1. Click Events in the top right, then Create Event.

    Create Event circled on the Events page

  2. Fill in the form. See The event form below.

    The Create Event form

  3. Leave Status as Pending while you’re still working on it, or set it to Live to open signups straight away.

  4. Click Create Event.

Pending events are only visible to coordinators. When you set it to Live, signups open and its announcement thread is posted.

The event form

Section titled “The event form”
Field Notes
Title Up to 64 characters. Used as the announcement thread and troop report subject.
Description Shown on the event page and announcement thread. BBCode and smilies work like in a post.
Type Troop, or Social for dinners and other non-troop events. See Social events.
Status Pending, Live or Archived. See Statuses.
Region Decides which forum the announcement goes in, and the region filter.
Address Optional. Shown as a Google Maps link.
Start Date, End Date Both need a time. Events over more than one day get a row per day.
Signup Cutoff Optional. Signups close at this time. Leave blank to keep them open until the event ends.
Maximum Troopers, Maximum Wranglers Optional. Once reached, new signups join a waitlist. Per day on multi-day events.
Maximum Attendees Social events only, as above.
Requirements Tick if attendees need a Working With Children Check on file.
Coordinator Who runs the event. Must be in a coordinator group.
Point of Contact Optional. Who attendees should contact: you, or anyone signed up. Shown on the event page, and can open the attendance sheet.
Excluded Members See Excluding members.

Statuses

Section titled “Statuses”
Status Who sees it Signups
Pending Coordinators and admins Closed
Live Everyone Open until the cutoff or the end of the event
Archived Everyone, under Show archived Closed

Posting the troop report archives the event automatically.

Social events

Section titled “Social events”

Set Type to Social for events that aren’t troops. Members sign up as attendees with no costumes, and are only asked for their preferred name (and a WWCC if you require one). There’s no troop report.

You can’t change an event’s type once anyone has signed up.