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Participant

A Participant is someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, and has a Christmas List for themself.


We'll label this user a PARTICIPANT user. The system was set up with only participant users at the beginning. All functions are defined for a participant user. This user can be converted to a PARTICIPATING PARENT user.

A participant can be a PARTICIPANT in one or more groups, and a NON-PARTICIPANT in one or more groups. But a PARTICIPANT must be a PARTICIPANT in at least one group, or they will be considered a NON-PARTICIPANT

What they can do

  • Add gifts to their own list
  • View gifts for users in their group(s)
  • Add suggestions to users in their group(s)
  • Add comments to any gift they can see
  • Change the status on any gift they can see
  • Subscribe to a group they are a member of to receive email about new gifts added by someone in their group
  • Receive emails regarding any comment on their own gift that is flagged that they can see
  • Receive emails regarding any comment on others gifts that they have commented on