As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m working on improving the submission process with a new tool called the Submission Tracker.

When the new Submission Tracker launches we’ll no longer be using Selected, Not Selected, and Standby as submission statuses. Selected and Not Selected in many cases are a bit too strong. For example, an artist can be “selected” for a gig, but might not be able to make the date they’re being offered. To set better expectations for both promoters and artists we will be renaming Selected and Not Selected submission statuses to Interested and Not Interested.

We will also be discontinuing the use of Standby as a submission status. We have heard from a lot of members who are unsure what Standby means (I’m not sure myself sometimes) and have also heard from artists who have submissions stuck in Standby with no resolution. Getting rid of Standby as a submission status will force promoters to make a clear decision for each one.

The submission status popup windows will look a bit different too (hurray for ajax!). I’ll see if I can track down a screen shot to post next week so you all can check it out.

Enjoy the weekend,

Lou

Update: After several feeback sessions with groups of artists and promoters we found that many artists prefered “Selected” to “Interested” and many promoters we concerned about losing the “Standby” middle ground.  So we went back to the drawing board and came up with a solution that should work even better.  The new statuses will be Selected, Interested, and Not Selected.  The new Interested status will work like Standby did with one exception.  Any time a promoter puts a submission to “Interested” they will be required to resolve it to either Selected or Not Selected by a specific date.  This way promoters can still have their middle status, but artists will always have closure to their submissions.

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