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Chaverware April 2010 newsletter
Greetings!
Spring has sprung and many of you are in the heat of budgeting and preparing for the new fiscal year. We are preparing as well, with enhancements to both Chaverware™ and ChaverWeb™. We expect to be rolling out our next version of ChaverWeb™, 2.0, in a very short time which will include the ability of your members to view and pay their bill, view and edit their Yahrzeits and sign up online for events at your Synagogue.
Below you will see some of the highlights of the latest update for Chaverware 5. To take advantage of ChaverWeb you must be using the latest version of Chaverware 5. If you're interested in learning more about ChaverWeb™, please email me and I'll be glad to call you.
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Chaverware 5.2 is now available to everyone using Chaverware 5.
If you are not running 5.1.29 (Click on Help and About Chaverware to check), then you can click on Tools and Check for updates. This will bring you up to Chaverware 5.2. If you are running anything less than 5.1.29, you will need to run Tools and Check for updates until you get to 5.2.18.
Some of the new features in 5.2 are:
- Added support for QuickBooks 2010
- Added support for QuickBooks Enterprise 9
- Added credit card batch settle reminder on shut down
- Added reminders on startup for unprocessed credit cards
- Added reminders on startup for recurring payments
- Added ability to track membership types as a dropdown on the main Family screen
If you are still using Chaverware 4, now is the time to make plans for upgrading to Chaverware 5. In the meantime, look at the hardware requirements for Chaverware 5 and see if your computers are up to snuff.
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Synagogue IT Support at its Finest
We are pleased to introduce you to our friends at Need I.T. Now. They specialize in Synagogue tech support and are well-versed in IT issues surrounding Chaverware. They can handle installation, setup and day-to-day IT related Chaverware problems. They offer essential services at a very reasonable price:
- Antispam, Antispyware, antivirus
 BlackBerry, iPhone, Smartphones, Palm
- Data backup and recovery
- Email service and continuity
- Network setup and security
- Server setup and maintenance
- Training and development
- Website creation and updates
- Wireless networking and security
Need I.T. now is well-regarded in the community and can provide numerous Synagogue references.
For further information, call Ari at 973-333-4066 or by email at ari@needitnow.us |
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www.merskyjaffe.com
One of the key goals of a development program for any nonprofit enterprise -and most especially a synagogue- is to create life-long donors. One way to do this is through the annual fund.
Most synagogues do not think in terms of an annual fund. They have a Kol Nidre Appeal, a Spring Gala, and many other event-based programs that tend to "nickel and dime" the members. It is death by a hundred solicitations.
Those congregations, however, who look at the donor first and think of the engagement of that individual or family holistically create a community of annual fund donors who assure the financial well-being of the synagogue because they want to do so. Annual fundraising is never about scarcity of resources nor constantly hounding people. Instead, it is about helping people connect with the congregation (and with each other) and asking them to share that which they have in abundance for the future of the synagogue, the people it serves, and the community in which it functions.
To find out the what you can get for $349 and to read more about this, click here. |
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Top 10 items from "Chaverware can do THAT? "
Each month we will present a capability of Chaverware that many customers are not using.
#4Cross Tab reports (mail merge from them)
- Do you want to send custom letters to your congregants and include historical donation information?
- Do you want to highlight in a letter the different balances that might still be outstanding?
Through Chaverware's Cross Tab reports, you will be able to create a report that contains the information you are looking for and then export that information to Excel. Once it is exported to Excel, you'll be able to save that file and perform a mail merge accordingly. Each column of data that you have requested will be available as a merge field. |
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Extended Support Hours
Chaverware support is now available from
To request support, either click on Help/Request Support from within Chaverware or visit our website. | |
