Chaverware Newsletter, April 2011

April 2011

Spring has sprung - well, in many places, as some of us are still awaiting the REAL spring - and there is newness in the air. Let me update you on what's going on here at Chaverware.

Chaverware, version 5.5

We currently have a group of customers using and testing version 5.5 while we continue to put it through our quality control tests here. We expect that by end of week we will be ready for a full release. Some of the enhancements in Chaverware 5.5 are:

Added support for QuickBooks 2011 editions.
Added support for QuickBooks Enterprise Accountant's edition as well as for version 11.
Added built in support for jobs/classes for all supported versions of QuickBooks and Peachtree versions.
Integrated Constant Contact through "Send to" menu.
Reports can now be filtered for inactive Yahrzeits.
Report filter screen now stays open in between reports.
Added group security capability to notes.
Added default note security option setting.

ChaverWeb

We have been receiving a lot of good feedback by those using ChaverWeb. Through that feedback we continue to make minor enhancements to improve your member's experience while making ChaverWeb VERY powerful for you and saving significant data entry and time on your part.

By the end of this month, we expect to release an upgrade to ChaverWeb that will now include online Religious School registration.

Chaverware 6, cloud based version

Everyday I receive another email about the cloud and how more and more computing and data storage is happening in the cloud. As you know from our press release last month, we are deep into the development of our next version of Chaverware. This version will be a comprehensive browser-based package, with the application and data living in the "Cloud". In that press release, I promised a timeline for the Chaverware 6 release. Here it is:

Q1 2011 - Press release

Q2 2011 - Private beta release

Q3 2011 - Public beta release

Q4 2011 - Full release of product

To answer some of your questions, please read our FAQ on Chaverware 6.

We are very excited about this development and know that you will be thrilled with this new version.

Wishing you a Happy and Kosher Passover.

Rob

ChaverWeb

ChaverWeb, your member's portal to their data, provides a tool that allows your members to securely log in to manage their account. They can view and edit their own demographic data, make contributions to the Synagogue, view and pay their bill, register for events and register their children for Religious school. This is all available to you NOW (Online religious school registration will be available end of April 2011). Your members can access ChaverWeb from your Synagogue's web site and also through links that you can put into emails that you send.

Your data is secure.
Your members' access is secure.
Your workload is reduced.

The price for the ChaverWeb is $1/family member unit/year. If you'd like more information or you're ready to sign up, call 800-CHAVER1 and speak to Rob or just email to indicate your interest.

Recent enhancements to ChaverWeb include:

Administration options

You can now determine when an event becomes "viewable" to your congregants.
You can optionally allow seating requests for events
The terms for "Primary Adult" & "Secondary Adult" was changed to "Member 1" and "Member 2"
Changed "Show Future Invoices" to "Include Future Invoices"

A Spring message from Kesef Accounting Service

Dave Beyth and John Grippo

Kesef Accounting is a unique accounting firm, specializing in not for profit organizations and specifically on Synagogues. Together through their work with many Synagogues, and Chaverware's strategic partnership with them we can bring you help and guidance in many aspects of Synagogue accounting.

It's budget time! And the pinching of pennies ain't easy! So, read a little bit more and see what we can do for you!

In our accounting practice, we continue to see reductions in membership revenue due to declines in membership and increases in requests for dues relief. All the while, costs keep going up!

There are not many places that a synagogue can save large amounts of money these days. You've already thought of and implemented many of these items, the "low hanging fruit", to save money. On our website, we have listed a few ideas that have saved our clients money ranging from a few dollars to tens of thousands. Some of them don't require any change in habits (generally the less valuable ones) and some are new alternatives that are available due to ever-changing technology. Click here to see a sampling of ideas for budget cutting.

While there are a lot of similarities from one Synagogue to the next, the truth is that each one of you are unique and your budget challenges are unique. Here at Kesef, we would like to help you find some ways to save money. Be one of the first 10 synagogues to receive a free budget review and analysis by Kesef. Click here to make your no obligation request for this service!

Vol 11: Issue: 4

In This Issue

ChaverWeb

FREE budget analysis

Chaverware can do THAT?

Support Bulletin

Top 10 items from "Chaverware can do THAT? "

Each month we will present a capability of Chaverware that many customers are not using.

#9 Private categories

Do you have some categories that you would like to restrict so that some people can't view them?
Have you refrained from creating certain categories due to their sensitive nature?

With Chaverware you can take any category and restrict it so that only some people can see it. This is done utilizing our "Group" security. Once you have assigned individual users to a particular group, you can restrict categories to be viewed only by certain groups.

For help with this, contact support and we will review the process with you.

Peachtree and QuickBooks

Please make sure that you do not ever upgrade your Chaverware, QuickBooks or Peachtree without first reading below!!

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Chaverware version 5.4 and above ONLY supports Peachtree 2007 or later

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Chaverware version 5.4 ONLY supports through QuickBooks 2010.

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Chaverware version 5.5 is now in pre-release. Please contact support if you need to update to this version. Chaverware 5.5 is the ONLY version that supports QuickBooks 2011!

Robert Hirsch
Circuits & Systems Computers & Peripherals Inc.
800-242-8371