[Ldsoss] Re: HT and VT Tool

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On 5/18/07, Sean M. Cox <ldsoss at smcox.com> wrote:
> Benjamin,
>      I've actually, for the past couple of months, been working on something similar to this.

I too have been working on something like this :-) Great minds think
alike. Personally, for me as Ward Clerk, I find it hard to keep up
with the many baptisms, Priesthood advancements, etc (we have a very
large ward with an average of 3 new families moving in per week) we
have going on. I've been developing a set of Python scripts to import
data from the exports into a local database. Then, I have a cron job
that every Sunday night sends out an email with upcoming baptisms for
the next month as well as Priesthood advancements for the next Sunday
(or for two Sundays ahead). The reporting is currently based on a
plug-in architecture, where the report information is stored in the
database per leader (e.g., the Bishop can receive just the new people
who's records arrived, the Executive Secretary can get just the
baptisms and Priesthood Advancements, etc). Its all still in a very
alpha stage, but I'd like to hear ideas that other people have. I was
planning on possibly adding a web frontend using Pylons. I'd like to
see something like be able to run on the computer in the Church
building, but I don't think that will happen any time soon :-) Open
sourcing MLS would make stuff like this really easy, I certainly hope
it will happen some day.

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