Your organisation
Name
- What it does
- What members see when they open Doris, and what goes on every email and statement. It is read-only here. The owner changes it by running the setup again from this page.
- Default
- What you entered at sign-up.
- For
- Every venue.
- For example
- A therapy practice. Riverside Counselling Centre.
- A village hall. St Mary's Village Hall.
Address & contact
- What it does
- Your registered and venue addresses, phone, website and country. The address goes on statements. The country sets the currency prices are shown in.
- Default
- The country from sign-up; the rest blank.
- For
- Every venue that sends statements.
- Part of
- Owner only
- For example
- A village hall. The hall's address for the venue, the clerk's for the registered office.
Timezone
- What it does
- Where your venue is, so today and every reminder land at the right hour. Bookings keep their local times: a ten o'clock booking stays at ten. The daily digest, statements and calendar feeds follow the new zone.
- Default
- Taken from your browser when the organisation was created.
- For
- Every venue, once.
- Part of
- Owner only
- Leave it alone if
- It was right when you signed up.
- For example
- A co-working hub. A hub in Sydney keeps its diary in Sydney time.
Active membership
- What it does
- Pause members who have not booked for a while, and tidy them away later. A member with no bookings for the months you set shows an Inactive badge and cannot book until an admin wakes them up on their page. After a further 30 days they are removed from your organisation; mark anyone Keep always active to exempt them.
- Default
- Off. When on, 6 months without a booking.
- For
- Venues whose member list grows stale over the years.
- Part of
- Owner only
- Leave it alone if
- You would rather manage the list by hand.
- For example
- A village hall. Twelve months, so a summer-only hirer is still active when they return.
A call from the team
- What it does
- Whether one of the team may ring you to help you get set up. On, we may call the contact number in Address and contact to see how you are getting on; off, we will not ring. Your members are never called.
- Default
- Off, unless you ticked the box when you signed up.
- For
- Anyone who would like a hand getting set up.
- Part of
- Owner only
- Leave it alone if
- You would rather write to us. A reply to any of our emails reaches a person.
- For example
- A village hall. A new booking secretary asks for a call to move the paper diary across.
Who runs it
Ownership
- What it does
- Hand the organisation to another member. The new owner gets everything only an owner can do. You become an admin, or a member if the admin seats are full.
- Default
- The person who signed up.
- For
- Any venue where the person in charge changes.
- Part of
- Owner only
- Leave it alone if
- The owner is in place and active.
- For example
- A village hall. The outgoing chair hands over to the new booking secretary after the AGM.
Request ownership transfer
- What it does
- Ask Doris to transfer ownership when the owner has gone. I tell the current owner and review the request. You can withdraw it at any time.
- Default
- No request.
- For
- An admin whose owner has gone.
- Leave it alone if
- The owner is reachable; ask them instead.
- For example
- A village hall. The treasurer who left the parish without handing over.
Run setup again
- What it does
- Walk through every setting in order, with tips. Nothing is reset; each step shows what you have now. Only the owner can run it.
- Default
- Owner only, from this page.
- For
- A new administrator learning the settings.
- Part of
- Owner only
- Leave it alone if
- You know your way around Settings.
- For example
- A therapy practice. The new practice manager walks the setup once, reading each tip.