[SML] RE. Production calendar question

[Tom Grabowski]

I also used Calendar Creator until it aged out on my computer.  I looked
long and hard for a calendaring program that was not month based but week
based as was CC.  Also, as at some time most of the production calendars
need to be printed and posted, using the monthly calendars with repeated
weeks was a problem.  I found PrintableCal  ( https://www.printablecal.com
) which uses excel to create a weekly calendar that allows me to put a 15
week semester on 2 sheets. It allows control over how the calendar looks (I
like to start the week on Monday).  You have all the excel formatting
options and I share it on Onedrive as that is the platform that the college
uses.  It can import data from various calendar programs, but I just use it
to create the template that I will fill in with events and information as
needed as an excel spreadsheet.  I also work with week numbers as it makes
planning from year to year much easier.

It has various price points but the free version works for me.  It is only
PC based but the excel sheet it creates is usable on any platform.

Sample attached (if it make it to the list)


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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:14:45 +0000
From: Bill Potter <bpotter at sps.edu>
To: stagecraft Keith Newman via <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
Subject: [SML] Production calendar question
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Howdy ?Listers,

Either our new Head of Theater, (who insists that we spell theater with an
?ER? EVERYWHERE!!!), or our new Head of Arts or even possibly our
continuing Dance teachers REEEEEAALY want me to start doing a production
calendar of some sort this year. (Not completely sure who, not that it
matters?) I?ve always known what I?ll be working on for the next week or so
but never planned out in detail weeks in advance. I?m hoping they might be
satisfied with something that shows ?tape ground plan in rehearsal space?,
?load in platforming? and ?hang lights?, "focus lights?. That kind of
thing. I doubt anyone will bother to look at it once it?s created but if it
gives them some peace of mind, I?ll be happy with that.

Anyway, I?ve never done a published calendar since I?m a "Tech Department
of Everything except costumes". Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on
a nice clean way to come up with something that I can prep, without
spending in inordinate amount of time or getting a graduate degree in Gantt
charts?

Thanks,

Bill Potter
Arts Technical Director
St. Paul?s School
Concord NH


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Stay safe
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Tom Grabowski
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