Waiting lists

[Schwartz]

Hello ADMIDIO
When You have an event where You have set a max number, then when the max is reached no participation can take place anymore.

Then You have a person that wants to participate but can't. This person sees that it is not possible and will not try again.
Then You have a participant that deletes his participation. Now You have one place that could have been filled, but is not.

If You had the possibility to participate on a waiting list, this would not happen.
It could be in several ways :
1. When an event reaches its max, then a copy of the event is automatically created, with the name Waiting list for - and then the name of the event copied from. It should be a copy without no max.
Then users could participate this copy-event. When someone deletes his participation from the original event, then the first on the waiting list is moved to the event. This automatic is to prevent someone else to occupy the free place on the event while someone else on the waiting list would still be on the waiting list. When You have the "number of participants" then there should be moved the first on the waiting list that has a number equal or lower than the free number and then maybe another to be removed.
If the person that cancels had 3 numbers on his participation then 3 could be moved from the waiting list OR one with 2 as a number and one with 1 as number.
2. Another way to do this, is having a status-code on the participation. Then You could participate even when the max is reached, but You are told that You are put on a waiting list. Also here You should be moved ( status code change ) when someone cancels his participation.

When You are moved from the waiting list You should receive a mail.

This would be a good feature I think.

Is something about waiting-lists planned ?

Hope You understand what I am trying to describe.

Kind regards
Schwartz

[fasse]

Hi Schwarz,

this feature is actually not planed but it sounds good.
https://github.com/Admidio/admidio/issues/471

If we implement this than option 2 will be preferred. We should do it with a status code.

But I don't know when we will implement something like this.

Best regards
Fasse