[CS-FSLUG] Church Management Software

[Robert W.]

David Aikema <david at aikema.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Robert W. <robertwo at insightbb.com>
> wrote:
> How much of this really needs to have an application specifically
> developed for it, and how much is reinventing the wheel?  eg. event
> tracking - there are lots of calendar applications out there
> (personally, I also don't care whether or not my pastor remembers my
> birthday. -  I'd also prefer if it didn't keep an exact record of my
> attendance as that seems a little creepy to me)

LOL, yeah it would be a bit creepy to tell everyone how many Sundays
they missed. Personally, I was thinking of keeping totals by week. 

You are quite correct - a lot of these programs already exist. A little
glue and presto! - instant application. Well, okay, it's not quite that
easy. But it is faster than starting from scratch.

"remind" is a great program for tracking birthdays. "cron" can e-mail
the day's reminders every morning. If you like to look ahead, also have
remind/cron print say the next two or three weeks. Completely automatic,
set it in motion and let it run for years on end. I love Linux!
 
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Robert W.
robertwo at insightbb.com

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love 
him, who have been called according to his purpose. -- Romans 8:28