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Convention is around (project akon 21)the corner and I got some late edition of volunteers. I know that MS Project would be nice to have, but alas, I am not going to spend a ton of money for a single event (once a year)

Is there any recommendation for a scheduling software that works similar to MS Project? or at least I can enter my resources? I check out mimosa but that is more of a classroom style.

I got about 30 volunteers and 4 days to fit them all with 16+ hours shift each. I could use note cards, but I figure a software would be much faster and able to schedule people around if things changes in the last minutes.

Thanks.

Is Openworkbench too heavy an alternative?

Mimosa?

It's free...

Dave said:

Mimosa?

It's free...

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Yea the free version is the school edition which design to schedule classes. It is not as robust I would like it. I can't assign resources (i.e. 30 volunteers with their schedule) and use drag drop to the time of the project (our convention time)

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HCGLNS said:

Is Openworkbench too heavy an alternative?

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I'm downloading it and taking a look at this.

edit: it is kinda what I'm looking for it is pretty robust and need to find where all the stuff are.

I heard someone say free and mimosa in the same sentence. I came as quick as I could.

Need a towel?

I would have also accepted "that's what she said" and "it happens to a lot of guys"

I always found Pencil and Paper to be a viable option.

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Get a secretary!

dr_awkward said:

Get a secretary!

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LOL. Yea. I am using volunteer. I barely have enough for staff much less an assistant. I did it with pencil and note cards, but that took a while (got it done) I couldn't figure out how to add resources and time restriction to each person (much harder than project but alas, I don't have a license for it.)

I was going for the "Get a blog" schtick. I think I am going to start doing a "Get a ..." thing now, and annoy the piss out of everyone.