AUGD: Bento for Managing Membership
AUGD: Bento for Managing Membership
- Subject: AUGD: Bento for Managing Membership
- From: "Jerry G." <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:02:23 -0800
The Membership Chairman of Club Mac of Monterey converted an old Appleworks database to Bento 4 a short time ago.
As treasurer and Ambassador I have access to the database and use it occasionally to verify memberships, etc.
I would say it works well.
My 2¢
Jerry G.
Ambassador
Club Mac of Monterey
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> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:30:46 -0500
> From: "Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com" <email@hidden>
> Subject: AUGD: Need guidance with FileMaker to Bento conversion
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> Hi,
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> Our user group has kept its membership roster in FileMake Pro for eons.
> We’ve been using an old version of the app for years and years, because it
> kept working. Now, with 10.7 coming on the scene, we have to either [1] buy
> FileMaker 11 brand new (not upgrade eligible), [2] convert to Bento, or [3]
> convert to some other product (not sure that anything else even offers
> capabilities we need). We found FileMaker’s donation terms to be either
> unachievable for us, or not worth our time to pursue, so please don’t
> suggest that route.
>
> We’re considering converting to Bento, because of the considerable cost
> savings over FMP. Our FMP file was setup by a member who was familiar with
> the app, but he’s no longer with the group. We have no one in the group who
> is an FMP expert. The two people in the group who know it a little bit say
> that they think we can’t accomplish the same thing in Bento, because of some
> of the report filters we use (to determine things like who is in arrears).
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> Since I don’t consider our needs very sophisticated, I find it hard to
> believe that Bento is not capable of filling the bill. If it can’t do
> filtering functions, it sounds like a pretty lame app. How complicated are
> such functions?
>
> I’d love to find someone who is skilled in FMP and/or Bento and willing to
> help us out of the kindness of the heart. I really don’t think there’s much
> work involved, but then I’m not FMP expert, so I can’t say for sure. But
> we’re a group with less than 100 members that just wants to keep track of
> everyone, and figure out when they need to pay their dues. Not very
> complex.
>
> If you can help, please email me privately. Thank you.
>
> Chris Hart
> President, Connecticut Macintosh Connection
> Central Connecticut's User Group Devoted To Apple Technology
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> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:29:53 -0500
> From: "Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com" <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: AUGD: Need guidance with FileMaker to Bento conversion
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> Thanks. But if we're going to spend any money on FMP, we might as well get
> the latest (and thus get more mileage out of our purchase).
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> Chris
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> ___ On 11/17/11 6:17 AM,<email@hidden> wrote: ___
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>> I have Lion, 10.7.2, and am using FilemakerPro 10 - no need to get 11. Don't
>> know that this answers your Q but thought I would let you know.
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>> On Nov 16, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com wrote:
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>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Our user group has kept its membership roster in FileMake Pro for eons.
>>> We’ve been using an old version of the app for years and years, because it
>>> kept working. Now, with 10.7 coming on the scene, we have to either [1] buy
>>> FileMaker 11 brand new (not upgrade eligible), [2] convert to Bento, or [3]
>>> convert to some other product (not sure that anything else even offers
>>> capabilities we need). We found FileMaker’s donation terms to be either
>>> unachievable for us, or not worth our time to pursue, so please don’t
>>> suggest that route.
>>
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