There is no Registration Closed Date option for ongoing, custom or recurring shifts. My agency has a recurring shift, but I need to know at least a week in advance if someone has signed up so that I can find another volunteer if the need is unfilled. I cannot effectively communicate with new volunteers if they sign up on the day of a shift. Communicating with volunteers prior to when they are supposed to volunteer is essential in managing volunteers effectively and ensuring they have the best volunteer experience possible, while also making the best use of my time and my organization's resources.

As it is now, in order to create a need with a Registration Closed Date I will have to create multiple Happens On Needs for the same task that happens at the same time on the same day each week. 

If you think this feature would be helpful for your agency, please 'like' this post so that it gets upvoted for the development team to actually consider.

Thank you.

Our organization would benefit from having shifts close (and not allow additional signups) after a certain point so our site supervisor can know who to expect the next day. As a work around they can update the number of volunteers need the night before but an easier way would be most welcome.

I agree with the first person who commented on this post 4 years ago. If you are truly looking at the needs of organizations in the social sector, its a no brainer that it would require the option of a cut off time for volunteers to register. No volunteer manager likes having someone show up 2 minutes before they are trying to leave the office because they thought they could sign up for something last minute that was still open. This is a basic need for volunteer managers anywhere, like water to the body.

Has there been any progress or updates on this?

I agree with this for recurring and custom shifts. However, if you are using the "ongoing" option and you want a registration closed date, you are not using the site correctly.

I'd love to throw in my own support for an option to close registration a certain amount of time before shifts begin! I print out the schedule on my way out each night because our warehouse crew comes in several hours before me in the mornings, and would love to be able to close registration when I leave so I know they have an accurate count of how many volunteers to expect in the morning before I arrive to make any corrections. 

It would be especially awesome if it was some sort of flexible option, like a numerical dropdown from 1-24 or 30, and then the option to select "hours before" or "days before" to get more precise with the cutoffs. 

Thanks!

I want to echo my support for having a registration close option for shift-based needs!

An option to set a specific number of hours before each shift begins would be great.

Hi Maia!

I was thinking more at the opportunity level - something similar to how site managers and program managers can mark multiple opportunities public/private or active/inactive.

Our current workaround is to shift all opportunities from public to private so the "closed" opportunities are no longer visible to volunteers.