Tool box
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:47 pm
Looking over the Forum categories, it seems like a useful category would be a tool box section.
Currently there are:
I love the map tool to automatically map out your ward from the LUWS .cvs file. I am also pleased with the Membership Database program to work with MLS, although I wish it functioned in an online collaborative fashion (although I recognize this is difficult to do, since we don't want to upload sensative church data to the web).
I have used MIS2PALM (http://www.mis2palm.com/) for some time as a tool to get MLS membership and organization data into my PocketPC and Outlook for easy data access.
I want more tools and a way to find them easy on this site. Hence a tool box section seemed useful. Not that the Church would endorse these tools; it would just make them easier to find and share useful tools.
There could be a section titled, "A call for tools". Just as someone requested via a forum post for a high council speaker program; a program was turned around quickly.
Another example might be a tool to help the Activities commitee track how much food/supplies to buy for various ward functions. Every year we have a Memorial Day breakfast, Labor Day picnic, Christmas party. Every year we struggle to determine how much food/supplies to get. Logging this data could show average trends after only a few activies, letting you know if you over purchased or under planned. The program could "project" or "estimate" how much to purchase for the next activity.
I love the tech site; it is fun to read the forums and keep tabs on what is going on. This is just a suggestion.
Currently there are:
- Announcements
- Projects
- Community Discussions
- Help and Feedback
I love the map tool to automatically map out your ward from the LUWS .cvs file. I am also pleased with the Membership Database program to work with MLS, although I wish it functioned in an online collaborative fashion (although I recognize this is difficult to do, since we don't want to upload sensative church data to the web).
I have used MIS2PALM (http://www.mis2palm.com/) for some time as a tool to get MLS membership and organization data into my PocketPC and Outlook for easy data access.
I want more tools and a way to find them easy on this site. Hence a tool box section seemed useful. Not that the Church would endorse these tools; it would just make them easier to find and share useful tools.
There could be a section titled, "A call for tools". Just as someone requested via a forum post for a high council speaker program; a program was turned around quickly.
Another example might be a tool to help the Activities commitee track how much food/supplies to buy for various ward functions. Every year we have a Memorial Day breakfast, Labor Day picnic, Christmas party. Every year we struggle to determine how much food/supplies to get. Logging this data could show average trends after only a few activies, letting you know if you over purchased or under planned. The program could "project" or "estimate" how much to purchase for the next activity.
I love the tech site; it is fun to read the forums and keep tabs on what is going on. This is just a suggestion.