Roles Defined

Every group and subgroup includes the below roles and capabilities. Each role may or may not be applied to the users. Note: some may not be visible to you due to your tier and subscription and roles apply downward in a hierarchy. 

Below is an explanation of the different roles - 

Roles with access to administrative tools 

*Administrator (Admin): Has complete control of the group. Is able to oversee all administrative capabilities, from granting users the roles outlined here and modifying the settings of the group, adding new users and impacts, creating new events etc.,

*Primary Administrator (Admin): Has all the capabilities of an administrator and is the contact listed on a group's home pages. There can only be one primary administrator for each group.  

*Events Manager: Has access to oversee all event management abilities. This enables the event manager duplicate, communicate and do everything the admin can do but only for the event(s). 

*Event Administrator (Admin): Has access to oversee event management abilities of a particular event. They can duplicate, communicate and edit event settings/details.

*Check-in Attendant: Has the ability to only checkin or sign-in people for events.

*Shift Organizer/Leader: Is a role defined by you have administrative rights to a specific shift in an event. Most likely this can mean you are the main point of contact or just admin of the shift.

* Indicated roles are able to use the administrative (admin) capabilities of the GivePulse app or the GivePulse SignIn app to sign in or clock-in/clock-out attendees.

Roles Assigned Based on Activity or Interactions of User with Group

Member: Has access to join private groups and events that are shared only within the parent group or network. For groups that want users to request for Membership, there is a group setting requiring optional custom fields/a survey to be filled out before being approved to join as a member. Until a user's membership request is approved or denied, they are called pending members.

Pending Member: Is a role defined by when the user has requested to be a member but is in a holding pattern, waiting for the admin to approve. The user will be in this state until the admin approves or denies the request for membership. When approved or denied, the user will be notified. 

Registrant: Is a role defined by the user having registered to an event.

Participant: Is a role defined by a user having registered and attended an event.

Donor: Is a role defined by a user having donated to your group.

Ticket Buyer: Is a role defined by a user having bought a ticket for your event.

Referral: Represents an individual who registered to an event created by another group. e.g., if there is an event you oversee, and it is promoted into another group page inside GivePulse, and an individual in this other group registers for this event, they will considered a referral.

Archived: Represents a status you might get when an administrator marks you as archived or inactivate user for their organizer.

Banned:  Represents a status that you might get if you may not want a user to post to your page, view upcoming opportunities, or interact with your group. This means that if they are logged in, they can not view your group, can not register for opportunities or post to your wall.

Note: Your GivePulse group page is public, so they can always visit as a guest and can view your events if they are public. 

Expressed Interest: Is a role given to users that have expressed interested in volunteering or being a member of a group that is currently in a mode that is "unclaimed". 

Applicant: Is a role given to users who applied to an internship.