Technology Changelog

A running list of technology changes to highlight improvements made to our website, e-learning, and automated processes.
Devin Lampe Devin Lampe
Technology Experience Manager
October 09, 2024
Technology Changelog
View from Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout. Photo by Devin Lampe.

The Mountaineers values transparency and takes pride in celebrating our successes. Our team is continuously working on updating our website, e-learning, and automated processes to enhance the user experience for members and volunteers. In this Changelog, we capture what improvements we have made over time so you can follow along and take advantage of new features. 

Current Quarter

10/10/2024: added new committee positions

Committee now have access to set members in the following positions: Basic Chair, Immediate Past Chair, Intermediate Chair, Outreach Coordinator, Safety Chair, Vice Chair.

10/8/2024: add 'Never' as an update frequency for alerts

Members can now select to 'Never' receive alerts and notifications on activities, courses, etc. but save their previous settings to easily switch back to notifications again.

10/3/2024: Youth Newsletter 

A new newsletter is launching that will provide updates and information related to our youth programming. Members can now opt-in to receive this newsletter via their profile.

10/3/2024: prevent paid memberships becoming guest

A paid member is no longer provided the option to switch their membership to a guest adult or guest family membership.

10/3/2024: New activity leader role - mentor

Leaders now have the option of assigning someone to a Mentor activity role instead of co-leader when the mentee is the primary leader.

FY24 Quarter 4

9/27/2024: ability to hide pages from top bar navigation

A published page now has the option to be hidden at the top bar navigation along with side bar navigation.

9/19/2024: ADDED book REVIEWS 

A new tab has been added to the Book product pages that show reviews and endorsements in chronological order.

9/19/2024: Leader name added to course registration popup

The leader of an activity and a link to their profile was added to the activity listing on the course registration pop-up to assist students in their selection process.

8/20/2024: TURNED GOOGLE SPREADSHEET SALESFORCE SYNCS BACK ON

For a few months, some of our scheduled refreshes for google sheets used by volunteers were turned off. We have since reinstated our licensing and migrated these scheduled reports.

8/19/2024: Added UNAFFILIATED BRANCH OPTIONS

Two branches were added as options under member profiles to account for Mountaineers that reside outside of our branches in Washington or Out-of-State.

8/16/2024: CREATED REPORT TO CHECK FOR STEWARDSHIP REQUIREMENTS FROM HALF DAY EVENTS

New monthly process implemented that reports members without a stewardship badge that have completed multiple stewardship half-day events to member services for review.

8/9/2024: changed feedback summary chart colors

Chart colors within our feedback summaries were changed to match our branding guidelines, removing colors that can be perceived as negative.

8/8/2024: ALLOW donor badges to be set to private

Our staff team can now honor donor's request to set a donor badge to private and still incorporate that donor into our internal automated reporting and analytics.

8/6/2024: created volunteer reminder email

A new automated email was created to remind course graduates ways they can volunteer and use their skills to help instruct.

8/1/2024: Added Blog/TRIP REPORT Author Comment Notifications

New notifications were added that will alert blog and trip report authors when a comment or comment reply has been made to their blog/trip. This should help facilitate discussions between the author and readers.

7/12/2024: Fixed easyform email results to include all fields

A fix was put in place to ensure that the data collected in checkboxes and multiselect fields of forms was present in the email notifications.

7/9/2024: Port guest cart items to cart once logged in

Items that are added to the cart when the user is not signed in are now ported over and saved to the member's cart for current or future purchase. 

previous Updates

For previous updates, please visit our individual Tech Update blogs Located on our TECHNOLOGY PAGE.

Have an idea on how we could use technology to enhance the member or volunteer experience? Please share it at  feedback.mountaineers.org. There, you can add a new idea, comment on an existing idea, up-vote improvement suggestions, or subscribe to receive updates on specific projects. This helps us prioritize future improvements for you!

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Mike Kretzler
Mike Kretzler says:
Aug 12, 2024 09:37 AM

Thanks for.making these changes AND for highlighting them here, where they're much more visible.

Devin Lampe
Devin Lampe says:
Aug 16, 2024 04:02 PM

Glad to hear this is helpful!