[mso] Re: Excel?

You haven't said anything about the size of the club membership or of the 
volatility of the membership list.

You haven't said much about the functionality needed, apart from tracking 
memberships from application to investiture.

Assuming that this isn't the extent of what's required, then a lot more 
information would be needed before anyone could consider alternatives.

For instance, if you have only 1 or 2 members joining at any one time, then 
a tracking system is not necessary at all, unless there are lots of steps in 
the membership process.  If there are potentially hundreds of prospective 
members at any one time, then a full-fledged commercial system is probably 
needed.

And what happens next?  Are there annual fees?  Are bills sent for these? 
Are payments recorded in this system?  What about members' addresses and 
change of address?  What about members who leave?  Are all memberships 
equal?

And what technology?  Do you want a full GUI system?  Are you happy working 
in the cells of a spreadsheet?  Is it a bit of both?  What is "outdated" 
about the old system?

You say "scenario".  Is this an exercise, or the real thing?  If it's an 
exercise, then you should be asking the above questions (and many more), not 
me.  I'll send my bill later.  :-)

Regards, Dave S


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Chitate" <herbertc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:12 PM
Subject: [mso] Excel?


> Good Morning All,
>
> I have a scenario for which I am trying to develop a solution; now my
> expertise lie in excel, but wasn't sure if this was the best place to do
> this sort of thing, and would be grateful for advice from anyone who may
> have done this sort of thing before.
>
> The scenario as given to me is as follows:
>
> "I am responsible for all the club membership, and am working with an
> outdated system now for the size of the club.
>
> I want to put all the existing club members on a database.  Then I want
> to set up a system for tracking new membership applications, ie from the
> point of filling in a membership application card to actually being
> received into membership on the Saturday morning." =20
>
> I would be interested in the different options available in Excel as
> well as the usual suspect "Access", which I am not very good in.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Herbert
>
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