The "this is NOT a member role" still displays the name pick list field

tblackwelder wrote: Ok, I understand that it's not a bug (and why I chose the category "Improvement Suggestions" in my original post - duh!!!!), and your response completely ignores the user confusion issue your lovely design is creating.

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I've seen other posts referencing your insensitivity to the average member. How sad it's again proven to be true.

I find your snarky response to be uncalled for.

I see your dilemma - you're trying to use the "not a member sign-up role" option in different ways. The normal/intended use is for roles such as President, which can only be filled by the president or presiding officer. We also assign a non-sign-up role to the Secretary (0 minutes duration) for Business Meetings, and there are other roles which are effectively pre-assigned so fit this function as intended. These roles can be prepopulated with the member's name in the template, which carries over to the agendas.

I like your idea of having TableTopics participants included on the agenda, but of course that is a "surprise" role and can't be reserved before the meeting. Doing what you are doing allows the TT participants to be included on the role report . My suggestion is that you add a dummy member called {Reserved Role} or {TBA} or something meaningful. The curly brackets will keep the "name" at the bottom of the list. Some clubs add {Guest} and {Area Director} the their membership database for use on the agenda. That way you can pre-assign the role on your templates, and the VPE can update the agenda with the actual names after the meeting. The Toastmaster of the meeting should have enough experience to know not to assign Table Topics roles to members in advance, but the {dummy} name will serve as a reminder.