Take part in a poll

What is this?

A poll in an announcement is a quick vote the choir director or the board can use to ask for your opinion. Typical examples: When should the extra rehearsal take place? Which piece should we learn as an encore? Which logo do you like best?

There are two kinds: polls with Answers and polls with Date options. You see the poll directly in the announcement with all its options and a note on whether you've already voted.

How to vote

1. Open the announcement with the poll from the announcements overview. You can also click "Vote" directly in the list.
2. Scroll to the poll below the announcement text.
3. Choose your option(s):
   • With single choice you pick one option.
   • With multiple choice you can pick several options.
   • With date options you choose "Yes" or "Maybe" for each date. If there is a "None of these dates" option, you can choose that too.
4. Click "Vote". Your vote is saved.
5. Change your vote with "Edit vote" and "Save changes" while the edit window is open.

What you see in the poll

The poll shows all the relevant information at a glance:

• The question and options set by the author
• Votes per option after you've voted; for date options split into Yes and Maybe
• Total number of votes and how many members have already voted
• Your vote: which option you chose
• Voting deadline, if one is set
• Names of the voters per option via "Show voters", with their voice part, if you have the See who voted for what in polls permission

Open polls stay marked

As long as you haven't voted in a poll, the announcement in the list carries the note Not voted yet and counts toward Messages, even if you've already read it. Only your vote removes the mark. It also disappears once the voting deadline has passed. It doesn't appear for your own polls.

Anonymous polls

Your choir controls whether names are visible with the See who voted for what in polls permission in the permission groups. In new choirs it is switched on for all groups. If you switch it off for a group, its members only see the numbers in all polls: how many votes each option has and how many people have already voted. Below the poll it then says "You can't see who voted for what."

If you want an anonymous vote, take the permission away from all groups, including your own. Without the permission there are no results by voice part and no download of the results, because both would reveal how individual people voted. Whoever manages the announcement still sees who hasn't voted yet, but not what anyone voted for.

Permission

You need the View announcements permission to take part in polls. All members have it by default. If you can see the announcement with the poll, you may also vote.

Tips

• Vote early so the author can plan better.
• Use multiple choice in date polls: mark every date you could make, not just one.
• Write a comment if none of the options work for you, so the author can add another one.
• Vote anonymously on sensitive questions: check beforehand who has the See who voted for what in polls permission.

Who hasn't voted yet?

If you may edit announcements or wrote the announcement yourself, Chorilo shows "Show who hasn't voted" below the total number of votes. Clicking it expands the names of all members who haven't voted yet, with their voice part. "Remind non-voters" sends them a reminder. Nobody else sees these buttons.

If the announcement is only visible to part of the choir, such as a certain permission group, function, voice part or chat group, only the people who can see the poll count toward participation and this list. If it says "3 of 6", then 6 people are invited to vote, not the whole choir.

Results by voice part

If you have the See who voted for what in polls permission, Chorilo shows below each option how the votes split across voice parts, for example "S 4 · A 3 · T 1 · B 2". For date suggestions, only yes votes count there. That way you see at a glance whether every voice part is covered.

If you may edit announcements or wrote the announcement yourself, and you may see who voted for what, you'll find "Download results" below the poll. Choose Excel, CSV or PDF. The file contains:

• a table of everyone who voted, sorted by voice part, with their answers
• totals per voice part and option, plus how many per voice part haven't voted yet
• the names of everyone who hasn't voted yet

In the app, the share menu opens afterwards. From there you can save or send the file.