[Nfb-krafters-korner] Class commitment

[Marianne Denning]

These are very good questions.  I know it is frustrating when you offer a 
class and people sign up but don't attend the class.  I think three weeks is 
plenty of time.  I hope everyone has a calendar they can mark down the date 
and time for the class.  I think a reminder one week in advance and a 
follow-up reminder the day before the class should be sufficient.  You could 
mark the email for a return receipt so you know if the person received the 
email.  The polite thing for any of us is to respond if we still plan to 
attend the class.

Marianne Denning
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 5:41 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Class commitment


> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a couple of questions to put out and need your help by replying and
> answering the questions.
>
> 1. Do you think a 3 week posting before the date of a class is enough time
> to get supplies, remember that you signed up for a class and attend the
> class?
>
> 2. Do you need more time or less time for posting of classes?
>
> 3. If you sign up for a class, do you think if you had to physically go to
> a website and sign up for a class that you would have more of a commitment
> to  show up for this class?
>
> 4. Most of our teachers send out a reminder notice for their classes. 
> How
> many days in advanced do you think would be good for you to get this
> notice?
>
> 5.  What can we do to get you to reply and send it back to the teacher
> that you plan on coming to the class?
>
> All classes have been free.  Teachers go through a lot of preparation  to
> give these classes and they don't get paid for doing this.  We need to
> remember this and if you sign up for a class you are making a commitment 
> to the
> teacher that you will be there.
>
> We will have our website up hopefully this month.  There will be an  area
> that you will have to go and sign up for the upcoming classes on it.   We
> want this to make things smoother for you, the teachers and the folks 
> behind
> the scenes to do their jobs.
>
> So please take the time to answer the above questions.  Just copy and
> paste the questions into your reply email and then put answers below each
> question.
>
> I know folks would attend classes better if they had to pay for  classes.
> So keep them free and keep your commitment.  Some day I  would like to be
> able to pay the teachers that do a great job here, but I think  if we can 
> get
> things going smoother we can keep things the way they are for  now.
>
> Joyce
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