Hi Brooke,
Thanks for sharing! Below, I've given a quick overview of the current functionality of "deactivating" agencies. Deactivating agencies requires that their status has been changed to "Inactive".
1. Fans, hours and responses data would not go away
2. Users would no longer be able to see the agency
3. Any “active” needs and events the agency had would automatically expire
4. The agency could be reactivated in the future at which point all historical data would be restored
5. Agency managers associated with that agency would lose their association BUT remain an active user of the site
With this in mind, can you share a little bit more about how you are envisioning this enhancement? Would this be a report for only inactive agencies where you could see the above information in one place? I look forward to hearing more!
All the best,
Caitlin
Well this changes everything. I was under the impression from other support staff at GalDig that nearly the exact opposite of what you're saying would happen. In fact, the GD dev team made the needs of 400+ agencies within our site all "private" because I thought deactiviating the agencies would remove the hours from volunteers' resumes. I am SO confused now. I prefer to visit about this via phone.
Who is the best person to speak to?
I received this message today when deactivating a need for an agency. This seems to contradict what you and Caitlin stated last week. Or am I misinterpreting the message below?
Hi Brooke,
I really appreciate you sharing this screenshot here and I sincerely apologize for the conflicting answers. I've tested this on our end to the best of my abilities, so to avoid any further confusion, I'm going to have our Lead Data Specialist reach out. I've been working closely with him on your questions, but I think working with him directly will clarify things. Please be on the lookout for an email from him. I appreciate all your patience and quick responses here!
All the best,
Caitlin Lowe
Brooke Campbell
We would like to manage/sort our own agencies into two categories without negatively affecting our lifetime numbers/measurements – active and inactive. If any agency is technically inactive (i.e. no users from that agency have logged in within the last 18 months), our volunteers shouldn’t see them in any lists anyway. We certainly don’t want to totally delete “inactive” agencies because they may reactivate at some point in the future.
So, in an ideal world a few things would happen if we could “inactivate” an agency:
1. Fans, hours and responses data would not go away
2. Users would no longer be able to see the agency
3. Any “active” needs and events the agency had would automatically expire
4. The agency could be reactivated in the future at which point all historical data would be restored
5. Agency managers associated with that agency would lose their association BUT remain an active user of the site