<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ernie Sands</i>
<br />To be effective as an auto system, it allows for reduced manual manipulation of the various factors that make up an individuals role in the club and what John has described makes sense. Right now the admin data is in the hands of one person and that is great. He does an excellent job; it is NOT an easy task and is time consuming to do. But, what happens when (for whatever reason) the data keeper retires from the club or just from the data entry job? We find someone else to do it, right? It is not always that easy.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I hate to say it Ernie you are wrong. Geert handles the registration of games and points assesed by them, that is it. All promotions, monthly points, unit assignments etc are handled at the localized level. The admin data is not in the hands of one person it is in the hands of about 10 of us or even more.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ernie Sands</i>
<br />So, Scott thinks that there will be a loss of Commanders control, well this would be the time to give suggestions on HOW to incorporate Commanders control and WHERE this control needs to be. You list what the Commanders control, at the present, then what they SHOULD continue to control in the future and add those elements into the MIX that is being developed. Perhaps, one thibg that Commanders MIGHT want to keep control of is promotions, in all ranks. So, perhaps a method could be built in that NOTIFIES the Commander(s)that Lt XYZ is eligible to be promoted to Captain. The Commanders would simply continue with whatever method they now use to effect the promotion. Perhaps they make an announcement, notify the new Captain and his commanders AND then make the promotion on the new DATEBASE. The Commanders would do this on each promotion.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
The only thing I would want to see this system do is register and end games and send out the points associated with the games to the proper commanders, that is it. Nothing more or less.
Basically I don't agree with having all club data in one central location for the sake of if it crashes, or data is lost, or heaven forbid someone losses their nerve and pulls the whole thing down, then all club data is lost. But then you need a backup system and that just creates more work and duplicates what is actually needed.
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