Second meetinghouse for a ward
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Second meetinghouse for a ward
Because our ward is geographically large (over 150 miles across) we have a second meetinghouse used by a group who live in/near another town. The main ward meetinghouse shows in maps, but the second meetinghouse doesn't. Is it possible to get this second meetinghouse and their sacrament meeting listed? We have heard of numerous cases where people travelling through haven't known there was a meetinghouse with meetings, because they don't appear in maps.
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
I'm not sure how the data is organized, but I'd think you'd have to be organized as some kind of unit to get a listing. Such as a branch. Perhaps as a group.
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
Talk with your FM group and/or have your ward or stake clerk call the member service center and see if they can do anything.
There's also a church employee who frequents forums and knows an amazing amount of stuff about things like this. Maybe we'll see him respond.
There's also a church employee who frequents forums and knows an amazing amount of stuff about things like this. Maybe we'll see him respond.
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
That was quite a distraction. jonesrk and I have both been mulling it over and had a chance to talk about it and do a little digging.
There isn't a way to do this right now. We'll bring the issue up with the product manager who would be responsible for it, but I don't know whether that will translate into tasks on anyone's development schedule.
There isn't a way to do this right now. We'll bring the issue up with the product manager who would be responsible for it, but I don't know whether that will translate into tasks on anyone's development schedule.
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
If you need a Handbook reference, HB 1: 9.1.4.
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
Yeah, we looked at that. One of the challenges is the no unit number requirement that the Handbook imposes. Several parts are done today by unit number so that's where some of the work would be.russellhltn wrote:If you need a Handbook reference, HB 1: 9.1.4.
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Yeah, I figured it would be a "fun" change to the data structure. I threw in the Handbook reference since it shows the need is supported by it. Otherwise, this might fall into the "they're doing WHAT???" category. (I'm sure you've got a few stories about that. )
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
In this case, the group used to be a branch. When it was a branch, they of course appeared in maps with the meetinghouse as normal. But when the branch was dissolved, merged into the nearest ward, and the group formed under the ward, they disappeared off maps.
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
grahamf72: You might also have your stake president bring this up with his priesthood leader. Even though the church employees are talking with the product manager, from what we've seen in conversations here, stake presidents may have a little more clout in requesting changes.
Church Employees: Looking at HB 1: 9.1.4, it specifies that the membership records are kept in the supervising ward or branch, but there's a Group Leader. It seems like you would also need to make a standard calling of a Group Leader who would have some level of permission to see church records, but less permission than bishopric or clerks. Yes, there are data structures to figure out, but it seems like you first need an analyst to figure out how groups are supposed to function.
Church Employees: Looking at HB 1: 9.1.4, it specifies that the membership records are kept in the supervising ward or branch, but there's a Group Leader. It seems like you would also need to make a standard calling of a Group Leader who would have some level of permission to see church records, but less permission than bishopric or clerks. Yes, there are data structures to figure out, but it seems like you first need an analyst to figure out how groups are supposed to function.
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Re: Second meetinghouse for a ward
This thread is only talking about the possibility of getting group meeting locations to appear at maps.lds.org. We're not considering how this would work in LCR. There is no current plan to add this kind of functionality to LCR.mevans wrote:Church Employees: Looking at HB 1: 9.1.4, it specifies that the membership records are kept in the supervising ward or branch, but there's a Group Leader. It seems like you would also need to make a standard calling of a Group Leader who would have some level of permission to see church records, but less permission than bishopric or clerks. Yes, there are data structures to figure out, but it seems like you first need an analyst to figure out how groups are supposed to function.