Members paying for conventions Quality of Life request
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:12 pm
Hi there,
I'm the ward clerk in my ward and I've had a couple of members ask me why they are not able to submit their donations online in the "Other" Category of the donation slip for their FSY and other conventions for their sons and daughters who have registered. Currently the "Other" Category only offers 3 options "Book of Mormon", "Temple Construction", "Temple Excursions".
I have told them the functionality is not available online and they would need to do that in a physical donation
After I had received their donations I tried to process this in MLS (3.9.0_24062) I found 2 categories that I could put this into "Other:Convention Registration" or "Other:Authorized Member-Financed Activities" the problem with either option is that I needed to add a sub category for every youth that applied as I could not specify who has been paid for in the generic category (just knowing who donated, it is difficult to tell who they donated for without going back through the tithing slips and trying to find the names they wrote down).
Is there an easier way than to create sub categories for every youth to make sure that I know who has been paid for, and does anyone know if they plan to let members donate directly for their children for these kinds of activities (or even allow others to donate if the family gives consent)?
Regards,
Craig Philip
I'm the ward clerk in my ward and I've had a couple of members ask me why they are not able to submit their donations online in the "Other" Category of the donation slip for their FSY and other conventions for their sons and daughters who have registered. Currently the "Other" Category only offers 3 options "Book of Mormon", "Temple Construction", "Temple Excursions".
I have told them the functionality is not available online and they would need to do that in a physical donation
After I had received their donations I tried to process this in MLS (3.9.0_24062) I found 2 categories that I could put this into "Other:Convention Registration" or "Other:Authorized Member-Financed Activities" the problem with either option is that I needed to add a sub category for every youth that applied as I could not specify who has been paid for in the generic category (just knowing who donated, it is difficult to tell who they donated for without going back through the tithing slips and trying to find the names they wrote down).
Is there an easier way than to create sub categories for every youth to make sure that I know who has been paid for, and does anyone know if they plan to let members donate directly for their children for these kinds of activities (or even allow others to donate if the family gives consent)?
Regards,
Craig Philip