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My volunteers are teenagers, and they use a computer kiosk where they type
in the number on their badge when the arrive and leave for the day--I have
a backup log book there in case the kiosk is not working.  A lot of them
end up getting frustrated with the kiosk (or the line of volunteers at the
kiosk) and end up using the log book exclusively, which is fine.  I just
end up having to remind them that if they do not log their hours in one of
the devices, they do not get the credit for working (as teens, they get a
letter at the end of the summer stating how many hours they volunteered). 
I hope this helps you.
Erin

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Monday, January 07, 2008 at 10:24 PM -0500 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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Erin Roth
Head of Youth and Family Programs
Rochester Museum & Science Center
657 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 271-4552 ext. 347
fax: (585) 271-0492

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