How often do you see emails asking if people are attending an event or if there are lifts going? As part of the Taking the Club Forward work, I have added a new feature to the website that goes some way to making this easier for members.

My Events allows you to:

* keep track of your own events
* see who is else is going to an event
* offer or seek lifts at events
* collect information such as estimated finish time and race number – allowing club members to support you better
* allow the club to target teams at particular events
* in the future, perhaps allow the club to provide transport to popular events and co-ordinate volunteer efforts

You need to be logged into the membership database in order to use My Events (otherwise the system has no idea who you are). Use the log-in button on the home page – you may find it best to check the box marked “Save my password on this computer” so you don’t have to keep logging in. If you have forgotten your password go to the log-in page and follow the instructions there.

There are two ways into My Events. Personally, I prefer entering via the Event Planner at:

http://www.serpentine.org.uk/events/planner.php

Or you can go straight to the overview page of your list of events (see below) at:

http://www.serpentine.org.uk/events/myevents

There is a link on the home page that takes you to the My Events overview page.

In the Event Planner (if you are logged in), you will see a new icon (the little calendar graphic). By default this is blue, but if you have entered this event in your list it will turn red. You will also see a number in brackets after the event title – this is the number of Serpies who have added that event to their list. If you click on this number you will see who they are (but note the information on privacy below).

Click on the calendar icon to add the event to your list of events (note that all this does is add a record to your list, you will of course also need to separately enter and pay for an event). This will take you to the My Events edit page. On this page you can set your information about this event. If you decide you don