You can utilize the Newsgroups module to help segment your volunteers in ways that may not directly relate to the details on their volunteer profile. For example, if you have campus volunteer committees who work year-round on fund-raising or if you want to track family members whose hours are credited to a student then Newsgroups can make that process easier.
First, you will need to setup your Newsgroups. This is done in Settings > EZCommunicator > More... > Newsgroups. You will need to create a Newsgroup like 'committees' or 'families' and then create options within that Newsgroup, like the names of the committees or families you want to track.
Second, you will need to assign volunteers to your Newsgroups. This can be done either by having your volunteers sign-up for a Newsgroup from their User Profile > Subscription page, or by the volunteer administrator assigning them to a Newsgroup from the Volunteer List page.
To assign a volunteer you should -
1. Search for their record on your school volunteer list
2. Select their record by checking the box next to their name
3. Repeat #1 & 2 to choose all volunteer you wish to assign to one Newsgroup
4. From the Action drop down menu select Add To Group and click Go
5. This will display a drop down list of Newsgroups. Choose your Newsgroup for the selected volunteers and click Assign
Now your volunteers are assigned to a newsgroup. From this point you can use the Groups Filter on your volunteer list to filter to a specific list of volunteers subscribed to a newsgroup, select their records and perform any of the actions available from the Action drop down list, such as Email Selected, Send Notice or run any of the available reports, including Summary Hours, Detailed Hours or Kiosk Activity.