Plecotus Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Does anyone have any suggestions or, beter still, experince of an online booking system that coulld be used to allow members to book range slots and see when the range is already booked etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolte Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Try asking John at Silverstone Shooting Centre. They have an online system. Definitely don't ask Bisley 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsbengo Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 26 minutes ago, Plecotus said: Does anyone have any suggestions or, beter still, experince of an online booking system that coulld be used to allow members to book range slots and see when the range is already booked etc? Not sure what you idea is. Is this for a particular club or in general? Most ranges (I guess?) and definitely MoD ranges are booked by clubs not individuals. I've not used it but MoD now use BAMS; the reports I've heard are not good (and range allocation is still done by the TO I'm told). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-Pete Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Bisley's online system works pretty well. I've been using it since it was set up, booking targets for myself and a few mates on a regular basis. There's also a "Range availability" table showing what's available and when. It's usually up to date........... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plecotus Posted January 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 Seems that, in my effort to be concise, I didn't give enough background. Apologies. I think the word 'bookings', without context, was misleading.... This is for one of the clubs I belong to. It has an indoor range. Currently, there are a number of more or less regular shooting nights and a number of ad-hoc sessions run by RCO-keyholders. Members have no way of knowing, currently, if the range will definitely be open on a particular day/night and, if it is, whether whoever is opening it will have access to the armoury to be able to sell ammo and/or make club firearms available as not all range keyholders have armoury keys. Equally, if an RCO plans an ad-hoc opening, perhaps because someone has asked if the range can be opened to do something specific, there is no way currentlly that said person can find out if anyone else will already be using the range when they get there. We don't need to manage commercial bookings or anything like that, just a simple(!) system whereby members can see when the range is booked, what it's booked for, what will be available in that session and, for RCOs, the abilty to post when they are opening and what will be available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolte Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 SSC is live, as you book it. You can see instant availability in real time and as you make the booking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsbengo Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Plecotus said: Seems that, in my effort to be concise, I didn't give enough background. Apologies. I think the word 'bookings', without context, was misleading.... This is for one of the clubs I belong to. It has an indoor range. Currently, there are a number of more or less regular shooting nights and a number of ad-hoc sessions run by RCO-keyholders. Members have no way of knowing, currently, if the range will definitely be open on a particular day/night and, if it is, whether whoever is opening it will have access to the armoury to be able to sell ammo and/or make club firearms available as not all range keyholders have armoury keys. Equally, if an RCO plans an ad-hoc opening, perhaps because someone has asked if the range can be opened to do something specific, there is no way currentlly that said person can find out if anyone else will already be using the range when they get there. We don't need to manage commercial bookings or anything like that, just a simple(!) system whereby members can see when the range is booked, what it's booked for, what will be available in that session and, for RCOs, the abilty to post when they are opening and what will be available. How about Google calendars? You can set up shares and permissions so everyone (with rights) could see virtually live update info. Just a thought. It's free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch-22 Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 ^^ I was just thinking the same before I read Pop’s post. I’ve used Google Calendar (and the full suite of GDoc products) in my business for years - so, so helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plecotus Posted January 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 Thanks guys. I've taken a look at Google Calendar and, as Pops and Catch suggested, it looks like it will do the job and plenty more. I don't think we need anything as complex as the kinds of systems that Bisley and SSC are using. All that's needed now is to convince a dinosaur or two that this is the way to go. That may be a little more challenging! Again, thank you for all the suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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