[CS-FSLUG] Church Management Software

[EnzoAeneas]

Code jockey to the rescue!
A turn-key solution would be best for all concerned.

Kevin

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> Robert W. wrote:
>  > EnzoAeneas <enzoaeneas at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> Do we emphasize cross-platform at all costs? This allows churches to
>  >> keep their costs down.
>  >>
>  >> Do we emphasize freely available technologies (mono vs. .NET) to limit
>  >> dependence on bodies not completely committed to atleast open source,
>  >> if not free software?
>  >>
>  >> How will this work affect our testimony? What do we want it to say?
>  >
>  > Wow, what a great thread! Church management software is a personal
>  > passion of mine.
>  >
>  > I took over the treasurer duties last year at our church. The previous
>  > treasurer used a proprietary software package for tracking
>  > contributions. After one year, I absolutely hated it.
>  >
>  > This program provided no way of customizing reports. And forget about
>  > writing your own reports. Even simple questions like "how many families
>  > are giving regularly" were difficult to answer.
>  >
>  > This year, contribution data went into text files - one file per week.
>  > Perl generates all kinds of HTML reports. It cut my work in half.
>
>  As well as that works well for you, we is needed is a turn key solution
>  for small churches. It's been needed for a long time, but I don't see it
>  happening. If I only was a code jockey............;)
>
>
>  Fred
>
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