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I would like to allow volunteers to sign up for an event and choose their role for the event. Each role will have a different maximum number of volunteers. A person would register for a event, and choose their volunteer role, and see the status of all volunteer positions. The event chair would need to be able to
describe the event, each volunteer position, indicate the number of volunteers needed for each position, and see who has signed up
for what. The volunteers at a minimum should all be able to see the level of staffing needed for each position needed... At best,
they should see the current list of volunteers for each position.

For example:

Event:  Oktoberfest
               Needed                  Confirmed as of mm/eddy
               3 bartenders            3 (Fred, Joe, Jane)
               4 welcome table         0
               1 band coordinator      0
               4 cooks                 2 (David, Shirley)

So someone would not be allowed to volunteer as a bartender since that role is full. But they could still volunteer for the other three roles.

One idea I have thought about is setting up 4 CiviEvents, 1 for each role. Then give each event a different maximum number of attendees. But I do not see a way to to configure a event ( such as "Oktoberfest bartender")  to mark all front-end registration roles as "bartender."

Or could all 4 CiviEvents ( such as "Oktoberfest bartender")   be configured as sub events of the main Oktoberfest event.

Thanks,
Sarah