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Timecards seem to get a mixed review.  I found that older volunteers 
have a negative response to them (factory drone mentality).  Too 
old-line corporate.  They are, however, efficient ways to track hours 
for paid student interns, when you have to deal with backup academic 
paperwork and annual departmental audits.  Students don't seem to mind 
it under those circumstances.
(Incidentally, given that we are an industrial history institution, we 
incorporated timecards into a school visit experience called, "Workers 
on the Line"!)
Beryl

Evanna Morris & Len Litowitz wrote:
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> I am the Volunteer Coordinator of the Lancaster Science Factory in 
> Lancaster PA.  We are getting ready to open our doors to the public on 
> Jan 22 and getting ready to do volunteer training.  We thought that 
> getting a time clock would make documenting hours easier but some of 
> our people  think that it might make the volunteers feel that we don't 
> trust them and should just use a log book instead.  What is the 
> general practice?  Is this an insult to the volunteers?
> Your wisdom is appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Evanna
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Beryl Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Director
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Boott Cotton Mills
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