Keep a volunteer from chaining time slots without a break, and let the most popular posts rotate.
Your most motivated volunteers sometimes take every available time slot, and risk burning out. Two rules, in the event’s Settings tab, prevent this: rest time and limits per post. Both are free and off by default.
You must be a Coordinator or a Responsible of the organisation.
Under Rest time, turn on the switch. Three values appear, already filled in. Change them if needed: each change is saved right away.
Maximum in a row (8 h by default): the longest a run of time slots can last, from the start of the first to the end of the last.
Minimum break (1 h by default): two time slots with a shorter break between them form a single run.
Maximum over 24 h (12 h by default): the total volunteering time over any 24-hour period.
Rest time and the volunteers already past it
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Check the overruns
The rule removes no one from time slots already taken. Below the three values, Overruns lists the volunteers already past it, with their time slots. To fix it, click a time slot, expand Registered volunteers and remove the volunteer.
A single time slot is always allowed, even if it lasts longer than the maximum in a row: the rule only stops volunteers from chaining slots. Only this event’s time slots count.
On a popular post, limit how many time slots the same volunteer can take, so everyone gets a chance.
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Turn on the post's limit
In the Settings tab, under Limits per post, turn on the post’s switch. The limit starts at 1 time slot per volunteer.
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Adjust the number of time slots
Type the number you want, then press Enter. On the post, a badge shows the limit, for example 2 slots max per volunteer. Click it to come back to this setting.
The Bar à café post, limited to 2 time slots per volunteer
The rules block Volunteers who sign up themselves. The rest time is shown at the top of the event page, and when a time slot would break a rule, Benevolus tells the volunteer why they cannot sign up for it.You can override them: when you add a volunteer with Add a volunteer, or sign up yourself, Benevolus flags the rule being broken, but lets you go ahead.
