Patrol Notifications HOW TO

NOTE: These instructions have recently been revised to reflect changes in the Google Calendar user interface. If you tried earlier and couldn't add a calendar, then you should be able to do so now.

We've put the calendar online and made it possible for you to receive SMS or Email notifications of your upcoming patrols. You can also add these events to your personal organiser if it is compatible with Google Calendar, or you can add the calendar to your Google homepage.

This service is completely free to both you and to the club.

Steps

1. Go to http://calendar.google.com
2. Log in or create an account if you don't already have one with Google (if you use Gmail, you can use that username and password here too).
3. Once you are logged in, on the bottom left of the screen there should be a heading called "Other Calendars", under this there is a link marked "Add", click on this and select "Add a friend's calendar"
4. Enter the email address for your calendar(s)

Calendar	Email Address
Tamarama SLSC General	jstimhot5hc5is0d09v60i4umo@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 1	n6erhlbi1ajg7h6ihqc601qboo@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 2	8d8hb86qkcudu1didqh4r2kfi4@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 3	frdu8niv4f1edatedgnqknjrus@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 4	smaopc6rjhrab5g01mnmqoq214@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 5	ib0tussd72arl09ceb6l07qjb8@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 6	so5u4875pl5p9ta5jul9hohs70@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 7	sjjb24d4ncm2g9d1avh689pqfs@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 8	2q2a3ucn0kfjuhh8thdj8h54dc@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 9	pe2hp3vdgp29det1fc2ung37uk@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 10	ef84u7d4iq0mngm22idujsgqag@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 11	qs71s84tgntvcb55kkrgqos33g@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 12	vsd92dqls8fj2febn7poo55k2o@group.calendar.google.com
Patrol 20	r0vsie4ui9tctveo5v7j88jo0g@group.calendar.google.com

1. In the "Other Calendars" Box on the left hand side of the screen, you should see the calendar you just added. Next to it there is a little box with an arrow pointing downwards, click on the arrow.
2. Select "Notifications".
3. Under "Event Reminders" click "Add a reminder".
4. Choose how you want to be notified of your patrol and how long before the patrol you want that notification to come ^[1].
5. Hit save.

You're done. You'll be getting automated notifications for your patrols.

[1] If you only see an option to use email reminders and want to receive SMS reminders, you'll need to click on the "Set up your mobile phone to receive notifications" link at the bottom of the screen and follow the steps outlined there.