Suggestion for a Suggestion Box

[victoriandreams]

The suggestion is (ironically) a suggestion box, as stated in the title. I managed to complete the member info sheets fairly early (expect that and the club info sheet next meeting) and show it to Mrs. Smith; she wanted to add a "Club Suggestions" area on the sheets. I tossed out the idea to her of a suggestion box (which could contain club suggestions and 5-minute prompt suggestions) so we can keep the member info sheets fairly simple and about the person. I know it seems weird to suggest a suggestion box when we have a suggestion thread but my gramma brought up a good point about it: some people who make suggestions might not want it to be known it was their suggestion. So the anonymity of the suggestion box help with that.

[XSFanatic]

I second that. People sometimes just aren't very comfortable with stating their ideas, so being anonymous makes them feel a little more confident.

[narelle]

Okay, I'm confused. Suggestions box on here or on something written? Or an actual, tangible box for people to drop notes into?

(My only thing with the tangible box would be that most people would only be able to use it during meetings, if its even available other times, and that those reading the suggestions would still know whose it was if they were the only one to submit. So people may still not want to submit suggestions, especially if they have to walk through the (typically very full) room to get to the box.)

[victoriandreams]

An actual, tangible box.

And I understand your issue; however, there are also times during the school day when someone can go to Mrs. Smith's room to put something in it. Devy (since she is dual enrollment) would have the biggest issue with that. With that, I don't see how the ones reading (which would probably be Kaiti) would know who it was. With Kaiti, she would recognize our handwriting if we put in suggestions, but she'd have to memorize the handwriting of all the other members to know who it was.

This is might be issue we could work it if the box being available throughout the week doesn't work.

[narelle]

Yes, but if its always in Mrs. Smith's room, it's quite possible that her regular students may mess with it if they get a chance. I don't know what level she teaches, but if she has any regular classes, she very may well end up with morons in her classes who think its funny to drop lewd and offensive notes in there. So she'd have to watch it all the time, and even then, there are bound to be times when she won't be able to.

And I don't know about other club members, but I never really have any time to wander, aside from lunch. Maybe before or after french, because its right across the way, but not everyone would have a class available, so they'd have the original issue I brought up.

I mean, we can try it, but I doubt it'll get much more traffic than this section of the site. :/

Though, if we make this section inaccessible to non-members, I may be able to code one in at the top of the page that would be anonymous. I'd have to look into it, though.

[victoriandreams]

She could keep it somewhere so her kids wouldn't mess with it; like in the closet or something.

I know the wandering during the school day would be an issue, but there are also opportunities in the morning and afternoon (especially if a locker is near her room).

We could try the "box" on the site before we use an actual box (or vice versa). The only problems I see with that is the time to code it and the fact that it will likely be inaccessible during the meetings (especially since we really shouldn't be on our phones). You could print off the suggestions the day before the meeting, if you wanted to and if we tried that.

[dreamingofroses]

I actually agree with Angela on this one. A physical suggestion box isn't going to work any better than a virtual one and if they want to make a suggestion while IN the meeting, they'll just have to say it or wait until they can post it online.