NCFC:New Member Guide

Welcome

• UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Volunteer Responsibilities 

If you have questions about what jobs need to be filled, or what our volunteer requirement is, check out the ‘Jobs/Who To Contact’ link out our foodclub.org/[chapter name] main page.

Weekly Updates and Communications 

• Each chapter lead sends out a Weekly Update each week to inform members on the current happenings of the club. This is the best way to stay informed of source openings/closings, volunteer opportunities, etc…* Please take the time to read these weekly updates to stay abreast on what is going on with your chapter. These updates are the MAIN way the leads communicate with the food club members.

Food Club Main PAGE

• The food club main page is the main portal for our food club. All of our main links are found on this main page.

How To Use The Food Club Ordering System 

On the Home page you will see all of the sources listed in the center column.  You can click on a source to go to the Source Home page.  You can also go to the drop down menu at the top.  The drop down menu will tell you which sources are open for orders (*LOCKED orders are closed to order but you can still look at the products).

Source Home

On the Source Home page you will see a new tool bar at the top:

Home | Source home | Order | Splits | Group order | Invoice | Archives | Favorites

You have already seen the Home page, and you are currently looking at the Source Home, which has lots of helpful information for that particular source.  To see the products that are available, click on Order.   To see what splits are available, or to request a split, go to Splits.   Group order will show you what has been ordered by the whole group and theArchives tab will allow you to look at old orders.  When placing an order you can add products that you like to your Favorites.  This allows you to find them quickly in the future.  

Splits
Splits are one of the trickiest things for a new person.  At the top of the Splitspage you request a split by telling the system the minimum and maximum quantity of something that you would like to buy.  At the bottom of the Split page you will see current split requests.  If the order is red, it has not been filled and you can add your quantity to it by clicking on "order" next to the item.  

In the following example for a 25 lb bag of wheat, Jane Doe says she would buy a minimum of 10 lbs and a maximum of 25 lbs.  

Doe, Jane: 10 / 15 / 25     

John Smith wants 5 - 15 lbs.  So he clicks on "order" and adds his request.
Doe, Jane: 10 / 15/ 25
Smith, John:  5 / 10 / 15

Between them they have reached the 25 lbs needed to order the wheat.  The system notates how much each person is receiving by the number in the middle.  Jane Doe will get 15 lbs and John Smith will receive 10 lbs.  The order color changes to black to show that this split order will be placed. 

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Home page toolbar

You will always see this toolbar accross the top when you are in the ordering system.

| your user name | Shopping cart | User settings | Member directory | Help | Logout

If you go to the "Shopping Cart" you will see a list of the everything you have ordered from all of the sources.  You can see what is currently going to be ordered and splits that still need to be filled (the text is red).  If you need to change any personal information you can do this in "User settings".  The "Member directory" gives a list of all of the members along with their phone numbers and emails. 

Help

This new user guide only contains a brief summary of how to use the ordering system.  For more information go to "Help" on the main toolbar.  You will find more detailed directions for placing orders, splits, searching, and viewing your invoice.  In general, if there is anything that you need help with, the "Help" page is a good place to start.

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