[CS-FSLUG] Church Management Software

[Fred A. Miller]

Greg Slade wrote:
>> I asked awhile ago about using base in OpenOffice and the "rest" of
>> OO for reports, etc. I didn't see any response to that idea. I've
>> played around with base some, and if I knew all that church
>> management software really had to have in it, I'd start work on it
>> around the end of this May............and "get er done." ;) Somehow I
>> have an idea it would do just fine for all the majority of churches,
>> which are small.
> 
> Actually, I had the same idea, and I think that, for the majority of
> churches, that should work just fine. Unfortunately, I don't have the 
> time (or the "under the hood" experience with OObase) to do anything, 

I don't have much either, although I've played with it. Push come to 
shove, I think I could do it.

> but as far as defining features goes, I'd point to my Church Related 
> Software Index at (http://freegroups.net/groups/cu/www/crs/), where I've 
> compiled as many packages as I can find. I've also got my collection of 
> packages which are no longer available, including those dBase II 
> templates I mentioned, but if you want the really old stuff like that, 
> I'm going to have to plug in one of the older boxen in my collection, 
> because the files are on 5.25" diskettes. (I suppose I should have 
> copied them over to CD or something, but it was never an urgent issue.) 
> So, if you want to see packages for DOS or Windows 3, let me know, and 
> I'll try to blow off some of the dust.

Thanks, Greg. I doubt I'd need that, but I will go to the web site and 
take a look.

What most churches need, since most are small, is a turn key LOCAL 
solution that works. OO is enough like MickySoft's Office that I think 
it's more than an effective tool for them. Further, I may be in a 
minority, but I'm not convinced about web security......just too much 
than can and sooner or later will go wrong.

Fred

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