TroopLedger Status

[Dan Kurtenbach]

Is TroopLedger ever going to be updated?  It is still called TroopLedger ME, and the user manual is from, I think, 2003.

And will it ever be usable with DotNet so that it will be easy for the Treasurer, Committee Chair, Scoutmaster, Fundraiser Chair, and Activities Chair to all work together on it?

Dan Kurtenbach
Fairfax, VA

[Mark Wilbur-2]

We bought TroopLedger and tried really hard to make it work.
My Treasurer is pretty good with numbers and spreadsheets but
was constantly frustrated with the program.

When she bought a new computer, rather than transfer the data,
she put the program in a drawer and converted to Excel.


On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Dan Kurtenbach <danielkurtenbach@...
> wrote:

>
>
> Is TroopLedger ever going to be updated?  It is still called TroopLedger
> ME, and the user manual is from, I think, 2003.
>
> And will it ever be usable with DotNet so that it will be easy for the
> Treasurer, Committee Chair, Scoutmaster, Fundraiser Chair, and Activities
> Chair to all work together on it?
>
> Dan Kurtenbach
> Fairfax, VA
>  
>

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[Dan Kurtenbach]

[Mark Wilbur wrote:]
We bought TroopLedger and tried really hard to make it work.
My Treasurer is pretty good with numbers and spreadsheets but
was constantly frustrated with the program.

When she bought a new computer, rather than transfer the data,
she put the program in a drawer and converted to Excel.
[/Mark]

Sometimes the flipside of being comprehensive is being overly complicated.  I was going through the TroopLedger user manual last night and my head was starting to hurt.   "Passbook" accounts?  Didn't those disappear in the 1970s?

We're looking at tools to help move beyond handwritten records of who has paid for registration, summer camp, and activities, and who needs to be reimbursed for supplies and equipment and awards.  And we are looking at starting Scout accounts.  Ideally, some of this would be integrated with activity management in TroopMaster.  The notion of having to maintain  membership information in both TroopMaster and TroopLedger is not very appealing.

And what is with the Windows 95-style graphics and interface?

I guess my bottom-line concern is that TMI is not keeping pace with technology, and I don't want to invest in a system that will be obsolete in two years, if it isn't already.

Dan Kurtenbach
Fairfax, VA  

[Greg Marr]

At 10:45 AM 10/7/2009, Dan Kurtenbach wrote:
>I guess my bottom-line concern is that TMI is not keeping pace with
>technology, and I don't want to invest in a system that will be
>obsolete in two years, if it isn't already.

My understanding is that TroopMaster just sells TroopLedger, but it
is (was?) developed by another company.

--
Greg Marr
gregm@...

[groups-13]

I've looked at it as well.  I'd like to see the folks at TM update their
application to offer a web-based solution similar to TM dotNet.  In
addition, I'd like to see the functionality for keeping track of funds
(fundraising, scout accounts, etc) within an add-on application that can be
fully integrated into TM for an added fee.  

 

I'm continually running into issues with multiple people attempting to
access TM (and PM - I'm a leader on both sides), but finding it's locked
because someone else is working with it.  Right now, it's a minor
inconvenience, but we can't access TM from an iPhone, Crackberry, linux box
like we could a web-based application.

 

Just suggestions to make the product better.  We're happy with TM for now.
TroopLedger.we're sticking with our spreadsheets until we find a better
application.

 

CJ

 

From: TMTUG@... [mailto:TMTUG@...] On Behalf Of Greg
Marr
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:30 AM
To: TMTUG@...
Subject: Re: [TMTUG] TroopLedger Status

 

 

At 10:45 AM 10/7/2009, Dan Kurtenbach wrote:
>I guess my bottom-line concern is that TMI is not keeping pace with
>technology, and I don't want to invest in a system that will be
>obsolete in two years, if it isn't already.

My understanding is that TroopMaster just sells TroopLedger, but it
is (was?) developed by another company.

--
Greg Marr
gregm@... <mailto:gregm%40alum.wpi.edu>

[Steven Francis]

I know when I used packmaster, it was a absolute nightmare, I would use something like microsoft money or another finaning software before that nightmare, I think it was set up by a MDA or a stock broker, TL or PL is not real user friendly.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Marr <gregm@...>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:29:35
To: <TMTUG@...>
Subject: Re: [TMTUG] TroopLedger Status

At 10:45 AM 10/7/2009, Dan Kurtenbach wrote:
>I guess my bottom-line concern is that TMI is not keeping pace with
>technology, and I don't want to invest in a system that will be
>obsolete in two years, if it isn't already.

My understanding is that TroopMaster just sells TroopLedger, but it
is (was?) developed by another company.

--
Greg Marr
gregm@...