[Ldsoss] Software for people who can't use MLS?

[Thomas Haws]

Ah, yes.  It's all coming back to me now from Mexico.  Members don't all
meet in nice buildings with clerk's offices, do they?  They may just rent a
hall.  Conditions may not favor the MLS-style setup.

Tom

On 9/8/06, Slide <slide.o.mix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm going from second hand information from my brother, from what I
> understand they don't even have a computer and their clerk/branch
> president/everything office is the size of a broom closet, which makes
> it hard to have one. Some branches outside the US are still using
> paper and pen to do their membership and financial tracking, which can
> be burdensome and increase the time needed to administer the branch
> rather than minister TO the branch. As many little quirks as MLS may
> have that we discuss on this list, some people don't even have MLS to
> use to support their branch. I was hoping someone on the list might
> have gone through that and come up with a good solution.
>
> On 9/8/06, Jay Askren <jay.askren at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I would think the church would have something worked out.  Why doesn't
> he
> > just call church headquarters and see what everyone else is using?
> >
> > I thought other countries were using the old MIS and FIS.
> >
> > Jay
> >
> >
> > On 9/6/06, Slide <slide.o.mix at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > Are there any software packages anyone could recommend for a branch that
> > can't
> > use MLS? My brother lives in Israel and was recently called to the
> Branch
> > Presidency. They can't use MLS and would like some way of tracking
> tithing
> > and other financials to make it easier to generate reports, etc for
> Tithing
> > Settlement. He will most likely be running on Windows.
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >
> > Alex
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