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Volunteer Hours Reporting Form
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The Pioneers Alliance Linkage System (PALS) is a web-based application that
you access over the Internet.  It is an integrated  membership and volunteer
data management application managed by Pioneers members responsible for
adding new members to the database, updating membership records, adding
volunteer projects, volunteers and volunteer hours into the system.
There are three key areas of functionality within PALS - Pioneer Maintenance,
Standard Reports and Volunteer Management.
One additional benefit to Pioneer members is that PALS is a very user-friendly
application.  It is easy to learn and easy to navigate as you will see firsthand
when you create your very own PALS User Name and Password
Volunteer Management:
  • Search PALS to view a list of volunteer project opportunities and the
    specific details/needs for each project
  • Sign up for volunteer projects with a one-click registration process
  • Tell your family and friends about projects you have signed up for
    (via e-mail from PALS) and encourage them to volunteer as well
  • Create volunteer projects in PALS as a volunteer project team leader
    and submit the project for review and approval. The review and
    approval process will be completed by specific individuals designated
    as volunteer project administrators within your group (in other words,
    your projects are not reviewed and approved/denied by
    TelecomPioneers headquarters staff)
  • Create and edit your personal volunteer profile to indicate your
    specific interests, skills and talents, availability, and any other relevant
    details you would like to provide about yourself. You control how much
    or how little you would like to be known about yourself and what you
    can bring to projects as a volunteer
  • Sign-up for e-mail notifications when new projects are approved,
    where the interests or skills and talents needed for the project match
    those in your volunteer profile
  • Track projects you have signed up for whether those projects have
    yet to occur or projects that you volunteered for in the past
  • Easily report hours worked for any project you have volunteered for.
    Volunteer project team leaders have the additional ability to enter
    hours for all volunteers who worked on a project for which they are the
    team leader
  • Report hours worked for any volunteer scenario to which you have
    given your time that isn’t tied to a defined project within PALS
  • Run reports to output specific details regarding volunteer projects
    (available to individuals at a specific level of system access – defined
    by each group)
  • Access volunteer resources online to assist with frequently asked
    questions
  • Review and Approve or Deny Volunteer Projects – accessible to
    those individuals who have this responsibility within the Sponsor Group
Standard Reports:
  • Run the following reports and
    exports:
  • Membership Detail
    Reports
  • Membership Counts
  • Membership Rosters
  • Export files for labels
  • Exception reports to
    assist with data integrity
Pioneer Maintenance:
  • Search for and view member
    records
  • Update data on existing
    member records
  • Add new member records
Schedule for entering volunteer hours
into the Pioneers volunteer tracking
system (formerly known as PALS).
Dates
Jan 1 --- Mar 31
Apr 1 --- Jun 30
Jul 1 --- Sep 30
Oct 1 --- Dec 31
Must be reported by
2009
2010
Apr 10
Jul 10
Oct 9
Jan 8
Apr 9
Jul 9
Oct 8
Jan 7