Talk:TRC Contact Database Rules

Discussion about Editing Database

Question: I went to add Bob Smith (say), and found a record for Alan, Bob, and Cindy Smith (say). I deleted the other names and made the record say just Bob, since only Bob applied (and paid) for membership. (I also sent mail offering an associate membership for another $5.) Did I hand this properly? If a new record should be added, the GUI should offer an ADD button (to be used after changing names).

Question: I went to add another person (with a similarly generic name) and found a record with the same name, but different address and phone numbers. I am not comfortable assuming that this is the same person. I think I should add the new record and the old one should be removed when snail mail comes back undelivered or will simply be unused when it is old enough. Comments?

- Dean

Questions or Issues about Database and its Web GUI

Shouldn't the form for entering a new member have a place for the membership and expiration dates? (They could even default to the first Saturday of the current month, and the last day of the upcoming March.)

I tried checking the boxes under the name selection box to say that the new members ran the most recent rallye, but when I lookup the record again, it still isn't checked. Is some other process supposed to associate rallyists with rallyes?

Suggestion: a lookup field in which I could type the first three letters of a rallyist's last name, and the (first) matching record would be found. (Today I can type one letter and scroll down.)

- Dean

Discussion about Membership Application Form

No spot for Cell phone? I'm probably looking at old (paper) membership forms. I think it was recently revised (to state the new expiration policy).

- Dean