Checkin Checkout Workflow

The Checkin / Checkout process for a volunteer can go through a few states.

The 'success' path for an onsite volunteer would follow this workflow:

1. A cluster coordinator would request volunteers for a site.
2. Volunteer creates a commitment on the site, and schedules travel.
3. Once onsite, the volunteer 'checks in', changing her status to onsite.
4. When the volunteer leaves, she 'checks out', indicating that her commitment is done.

There are two other volunteer states that need to be managed in the software as well:
Delayed: This state represents a volunteer that was scheduled to be on site, but has been delayed. This might be flight delays, or problems with customs and equipment, or visa issues.
Unavailable: This state represents a volunteer that is on site, but unavailable. Examples might be a surgeon with an open laceration, quarantine, or just some much needed rest.

The offsite volunteer path is more simple, but remember that a remote volunteer may be in a different timezone than the disaster site:

1. A cluster coordinator would request volunteers for the site.
2. Volunteer creates commitment on the site.
3. Each day, the volunteer checks in at the beginning of work.
4. Each day, the volunteer checks out at the end of the work day.