What happens when I lock in a date?

The poll closes, the date goes at the top of the page, and everyone who left an email gets it with a calendar file.

Can I offer weekends too?

Yes. Include them in the dates, and change the hours under “Change the hours, or how long each one is” if you'd meet in the afternoon.

Do members need an account?

No. They mark their evenings, type a name and press “Save my times”.

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Book club scheduling poll

Find the evening that works this month.

A scheduling poll for book club: everyone marks the evenings they can do over the next week or two, and the best one comes out on top. It takes less time than reading the group chat, and you lock in the date for everyone at once.

Start oneIt opens with the title and the hours already set. Pick your days, and change anything before you share it.

What's filled in for you

Title: Book club
Hours: 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, in hour-long blocks.
Description: Mark every evening you could make book club. It's usually about two hours.
For: Community group

You add your name and the dates. Anything here can be changed before you share it.

An example

Tuesday 10 November, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm · everyone (8 of 8)
Thursday 12 November, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm · 7 of 8
Monday 9 November, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm · 6 of 8

What people see

How to set it up

Pick the eveningsIt starts with the next seven days, 6:00 to 10:00 pm in hours. Add more days if the group's busy.
Send it to the groupPaste the link in the group chat. Nobody needs an account.
Find the eveningLook for two hours in a row with the most people free.
Lock it inPick it on your private link, and everyone who left an email gets the date with a calendar file.

What helps

Put the book and the host in the description, so people know what they're signing up for.
Make the host's evenings the only ones on offer, if you meet at somebody's home.
Set a closing date a few days before the earliest evening.
Hourly blocks make a two-hour book club two boxes in a row.

Something to send with the link

Copy it into a text, an email or the group chat, change what you like, and paste your link at the end.

Time to pick our next book club evening.

Mark every evening you could make. It takes a minute, and you don't need an account.

Here's the link:

Questions people ask

What happens when I lock in a date?: The poll closes, the date goes at the top of the page, and everyone who left an email gets it with a calendar file.
Can I offer weekends too?: Yes. Include them in the dates, and change the hours under “Change the hours, or how long each one is” if you'd meet in the afternoon.
Do members need an account?: No. They mark their evenings, type a name and press “Save my times”.

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