# Events & Registrations

**Events** are one-time happenings — a conference, a special service, an outreach day — as
opposed to a recurring Ministry Activity.

## Creating an event

Fill in the details, schedule (date/time, with a location so the correct timezone is used)
and notes. Events appear on the [Calendar](#/calendar) and can have
[Rotas](#/rotas) attached (a Role Requirement can point at an event instead of a ministry
activity).

## Event Registrations

Pre-register people for an event ahead of time: pick the event, search for a member (this
only works for people already in your [Members](#/members) directory — there's no free-text
guest registration yet), and add them. You can cancel a registration later, which keeps the
record but stops showing them as registered.

**The payoff is at check-in**: when you use [Check-in](#/attendance) for an event, everyone
who's pre-registered and not yet checked in appears in a **Pre-registered** list above the
regular search box — one tap to check them in. Walk-ins who never pre-registered still work
exactly the same via the search box; pre-registration is a shortcut, not a requirement.

**From your website.** Turn on **Sign-ups on the website** in an event and visitors can
register themselves with their name and an email or phone. They appear in this list as
guests, with their contact details, and in Check-in's pre-registered list so your team can
welcome them (as guests aren't in your directory, they're greeted rather than checked in).

## What's not built yet

Adding a non-member guest by hand, capacity limits or waitlists, and automatic
confirmation emails to registrants.