Currently Teamred allows registration file generated by Android App to be uploaded in the drive feedback for a camp. There is no much use to it except that we have a digitized version of the registration file.
This has to change to allow communication with donors of a drive seamlessly.
For starters, we have build a mechanism to allow sending mails across to all donors of a drive via a simple form. Please have a look at: http://www.teamred.in/donor_batch_operations
The form takes list of donors from the registration file uploaded for the drive feedback of the event and mails or sms the details set in the form.
The form currently allows selecting of an event in teamred, provide subject and body of the mail. The body part of the mail(Message), allows sending HTML message as well.
The form also allows sending sms via the form as well. The system provides tokens , for example: !donor_name, !email that automatically gets the donor name, email from the sheet when sending mail or sms to the donor.
Once mails are sent, the system automatically creates a record in the drive feedback to record what operation was done and when. This will also serve to prevent multiple message sending for donors of a drive. The system will automatically prevent sending of mails if it finds one set in the drive feedback.
Volunteers can however delete the entry made by the system to initiate mail sending if required for the same event again.
What are the current shortcomings of this feature:
1. Multiple drive feedback for an event: Though the system will send mails to all donors of all drive feedback set for the camp, it records action done for only one drive feedback whichever it finds first. [This needs work].
2. Please test and tell more :)