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Bug 327398

Summary: Auto-reminder emails to sign speaker agreement
Product: z_Archived Reporter: Anne Jacko <anne.jacko>
Component: Dash Submission SystemAssignee: Denis Roy <denis.roy>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: anne.jacko
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)   
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Description Anne Jacko CLA 2010-10-09 23:06:29 EDT 
I believe the submission system is supposed to send out weekly email reminders to those speakers who haven't signed their agreements.

If these emails are going out, there should be a record in the submission system. I checked emails for my sub sys account, and saw one there that went out on Sept. 16. Therefore I don't think these are being recorded only in the rolled-up emails, but should be visible in the sub sys. (NOTE: I don't know how to view the contents of the rolled-up emails, or I would check that myself.)

I did a random check of speakers who haven't yet signed, and I didn't see any record that emails have been sent to them. 

If this is not working, it's not a big deal for ESE 2010. We can remind them manually. 

But for ECon 2011, there are a lot more speakers so we need this to be working, ideally by Dec. 15, 2010.
Comment 1 Denis Roy CLA 2010-12-21 14:48:11 EST 
Is this related to bug 248811 any how?
Comment 2 Anne Jacko CLA 2010-12-21 15:09:14 EST 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Is this related to bug 248811 any how?

Bug 248811 seems to be suggesting that we should have a button in the sub sys whereby people with certain privileges can cause an email to be sent that will remind the speakers on a submission to sign their SA.

I opened this bug, however, because I wasn't sure that the auto-reminders being sent by the sub sys were working correctly.

If the auto-reminders are working correctly, then I personally don't see any need for a button to remind manually.

Withholding speaker discounts seems to be work to encourage speakers to sign.
Comment 3 Denis Roy CLA 2010-12-22 15:25:47 EST 
> Withholding speaker discounts seems to be work to encourage speakers to sign.

Maybe I'm a meanie, but I much prefer this method.  No nags, no email.  There's a carrot.  Agree?