8.8 Polls

Polls are a way of grouping members by some particular characteristic that may be used when filtering The Membership List (see 4.1). 

Typical uses for a poll include:

• Members who don’t wish to receive the Third Age Matters magazine (TAM)
• Members who receive paper copies of newsletters or AGM documents
• Members willing to assist at meetings and events
• Committee members (but see also 9.3 u3a Officers)

Members may be assigned to one or more polls by ticking the poll boxes in the Member Record or by selecting Add to poll in the Members list.

There is also an option to allow members to add/remove themselves to/from polls through the Members Portal (see 10.2).

View Polls
Click Poll on the Home Page to display a list of polls.

Add a poll
To add a new poll, press Add Poll. Enter a name, a description and tick the box if you wish to let members add/remove themself from the poll, before pressing Save Poll.

The description cannot be empty if the box is ticked.

Editing and Deleting a Poll
Click the blue links in the Poll Set Up screen:

• edit to change a poll name or description or to change the Member can set/clear tick box
• delete to remove the poll
• clear all assignments to remove all members from the poll

Revision History

v2	2021-05-04	Graham Tigg	Mentioned u3a Officers.
v3	2023-09-22	Graeme Bunting	"Member can set/clear" tick box added.