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The changes and improvements look great. I look forward to playing with it further.
Thanks
Brent

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Great Feedback
« on: February 09, 2013, 08:10:59 AM »
I'm going to finally post we I am not asking for something. We are in the process of introducing MM as a way for us (a statewide agency), to manage numerous NGO SAR teams throughout the state. We are getting extremely positive reviews from all involved. Everyone has been very impressed with how customize-able the system is and the responsiveness from everyone at MM. This system is taking our management to the next level.
I would like to hear input from other statewide or managing agencies that oversee NGO/Volunteer teams, as to how the system is working for other agencies.
Thanks again
Brent

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Looks great Mike! Thanks
Brent

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Thanks Mike, We will stand by. Thanks for taking such good care of us.
Brent

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Mike,
Could you make it long enough to list multiple disciplines, similar to "Rank" section. I would also like to expand down the road. Below is a rough I idea of the type of titles we would use.

Search Team Member-    
Search Team Leader-    
Visual Tracker-   
Sign Cutter-    
K9 Handler-          
Equine Tech-   
Search Manager, Lead-    
Search Manager, Support-    
Mission Support-    
Comms. Tech-    
Vet Tech-   
Command Staff-

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Feature Requests and Issues / More space in "Member Certification Levels"
« on: February 03, 2013, 03:49:28 AM »
Would it be possible to get more room in the "Member Certification Levels"? I am referring to the section where you type the specific certification/discipline. Can this be made to accommodate many more entries, similar to the drop down boxes in "Rank" and "Unit". I would like to create a drop down box that would capture all our disciplines, but as off now I can only enter about 8 or 10 disciplines before I run out of space.

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Thanks Mike,
I have been playing around with creating a Discipline section in the "Member Certification levels" that may work. The only issue I am running into is again a limit on space. I was only able to add about 6 disciplines before I was out of space. I ended up having to be choosy about what disciplines I chose and I had to separate operational and support disciplines. I still think I can make that option work with out the need to more drop down boxes on your end. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm glad I asked the question.

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Mike,
Thanks for the quick response.

I had thought of doing something with the "Member Certification level" That may do the trick. I was just thinking of something near the members name similar to rank for quick reference, but I think your suggestion will work just fine. I will play around with you suggestion and report back.

I also hadn't thought of creating documents for the team equipment. That is something we can do in the meantime. The only issue we have with the documents section is the limited space. We are starting to run out of room there. I guess we will have to prioritize what we store there.

Thanks for the input and adding some ideas to your wish list.
Brent

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We started using MM as an agency to manage multiple NGO Teams from across our state. I would like to get any feedback from similar agencies that are using MM. We are getting very positive feedback from both our agency search managers and the NGO teams. Right now we are setting up each NGO Team up as a "Unit" this allows us to give each teams leadership the ability not only manage but to also keep their member information private to just their "unit". We are running into very minor issues and I would like to hear back from other agencies if they have any feedback.
Is it possible to change the "Tabs" etc. It would be nice to have the ability change such titles as "Units" to nomenclature that we use, such as "NGO teams". This also creates confusion in the "Mission" Tab where "Team" is used the same way we would use "Assignment or Task".

Rank- Since we come from a very Rank structured organization it is nice to have this section, but it would also be nice to also have a drop down/sort by box for a "primary Discipline" and another one for a "Secondary Discipline".  The way we are accomplishing this goal for now is by making the "Large Group Name" section, "Discipline 1" and the "Small Group Name" to "Discipline 2". Hopefully this will allow us to better manage the assets of our NGO Teams.


Certification String- I have found this section very helpful. Since we manage so many different teams, and many of them use different certifications, it has been hard to create drop down boxes or check boxes to cover every possible certification out there. Now I can simply Create a certification, such as K9 Trailing, and then the team can write in that members certifying organization and level. The only problem is it only gives you the option for 8 certification strings. Is there any way we can get more certification stings added?

Unit/Team Equipment
It would be very nice to be able to add Unit/Team equipment, since this is not assigned to just one person it would be nice to see what assets and equipment each team/unit has available. It would also be nice if we could view whether that particular piece of equipment was in-service or not. That way I can look at a teams equipment and see that their generator is out of service for maintenance.

All in all this program is incredibly well thought out and very helpful. Looking forward to fully implementing it in the field.
 ;D
Corporal Brent Trautman
Maryland Natural Resources Police
Special Operations Division



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 :) Very impressive, but I have to ask... Do you ever sleep ;) Thanks for being so responsive to suggestions. The extra permission level for Medical Information is a great feature. Looking forward to getting to know some of the other features. Job well done as always.
Thanks again
Brent

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General Mission Manager Discussion / Project map in final report
« on: January 22, 2013, 05:54:54 PM »
In the mission section I have the search area map containing our markers and sectors. However, when I go to print the final report it looks like a defult map shows up. Any ideas how to get our sectored map to show up in the final report?
Brent

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