March 2023 Releases – Events and Local Groups

Events
Events 6.17.0 has been released on 23 March and included the following enhancements:

Ability to add more than two speakers
Ability for event attendees to select how they will participate/attend – Virtual, or in Person
Ability to set an attendee limit on virtual events
“Contact Event Host” button added …

Introducing: vTools Engage!

vTools Engage is an interactive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution that was developed by MGA to enable volunteers and staff to:

Engage members
Track member activities
Retain members
Convert non-members to members

Phase 1 is being rolled out to Regions and Sections only. The pilot is running now through the …

vTools Production Patching Schedule – 2023

Please note: On the following dates between 9am and 9pm Eastern, there will be patching done on all vTools applications in Production.

Thursday 12 Jan
Thursday 9 Feb
Thursday 16 March
Thursday 13 April
Thursday 11 May
Thursday 8 June
Thursday 13 July
Thursday 10 Aug
Thursday 14 Sept
Thursday 12 Oct
Thursday 9 Nov
Thursday 14 …

vTools Production Patching – 15 Dec 2022

Please note: on Thursday 15 Dec 2022 between 9am and 9pm Eastern, there will be patching done on all vTools applications in Production.
During this time period, vTools users may may experience intermittent interruption. Please plan your work accordingly.
Email mga-im@ieee.org if you have any further questions.

Local Groups 1.19.0 Release

Local Groups 1.19.0 has been released on 17 November and included the following enhancements:

NEW! Public-facing web page listing all active Local Groups: https://vtools.vtools.ieee.org/home/local_groups
Updates to Local Group request form
Ability for staff to update the requests at any stage

vTools Production Patching – 10 Nov 2022

Please note: on Thursday 10 Nov 2022 between 9am and 9pm Eastern, there will be patching done on all vTools applications in Production.
During this time period, vTools users may may experience intermittent interruption. Please plan your work accordingly.
Email mga-im@ieee.org if you have any further questions.

vTools Production Patching – 13 Oct 2022

Please note: on Thursday 13 Oct 2022 between 8am and 9pm Eastern, there will be patching done on all vTools applications in Production.
During this time period, vTools users may may experience intermittent interruption. Please plan your work accordingly.
Email mga-im@ieee.org if you have any further questions.

vTools Production Patching – 15 Sept 2022

Please note: on Thursday 15 Sept 2022 between 9am and 9pm Eastern, there will be patching done on all vTools applications in Production.
During this time period, vTools users may may experience intermittent interruption. Please plan your work accordingly.
Email mga-im@ieee.org if you have any further questions.

vTools Production Patching – 11 August 2022

Please note: on Thursday 11 August 2022 between 9am and 9pm Eastern, there will be patching done on all vTools applications in Production.
During this time period, vTools users may may experience intermittent interruption. Please plan your work accordingly.
Email mga-im@ieee.org if you have any further questions.

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