Caryl Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 You all know the Year Book is supposed to be out with the August Aquarium World. Well, I doubt it will be this year because, AS USUAL, most of your club officers have not pulled their fingers out and sent the club details to me or the capitations and membership lists (plus YB levy) to Jane. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET PEOPLE TO DO THEIR JOBS??? :evil: :evil: We don't ask for much. This happens every year and we have to beg to get the information. Do any of you have any idea how long, and hard, a task it is to collate, check, and format the YB?? I will have even more to do this year as membership cards will be attached to individual YBs since too many complain their club secretaries do not pass on the cards when they are sent out to clubs. The only clubs to have sent their stuff to Jane so far are KMAC, MAC, NZKA, UHAS and SAWS. If you belong to any of the other clubs not listed (and there are 11 others) please contact your club officers ASAP and ask why they have not sent the information. I think I will merely print that information which arrives and the rest will be left blank, with an explanation as to why. We will save a lot of moey as the YB will be a lot thinner. :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Name and shame them Caryl. That's better than saying these are the only ones that have paid. I personally think that the Presidents of the clubs are to blame for not whipping the others along. It is no use saying "Yay!! Look at me!! I'm the Presient of the club and I don't have to really do anything!!!" Bad mistake. If they don't do anything, nor does the rest of the crew. So come on you Presidents, get off your collective chuffs and give Caryl and Jane a fair go. She has a hard enough job without the clubs making it harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Not only me - Jane as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Can't name and shame as clubs have had AGMs and are supposed to have sent updated details to me by now, so I don't know who is to blame. :roll: I received club heading details from CAPS, DAPS, HBAS, KMAC, MAC, NZKA, SAAWGS, UHAS and WAS Still waiting for AFA, NSAS, WAPS, WAWGS, WBPAPS. Tasman haven't had their AGM yet so have no information as yet and TAPS have gone into recess. If some other club members can help out with the heading details, at least, it would be appreciated. Then ring your club officials and ask them why they have not done their job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Sorry Caryl :oops: I have followed up on my end. Hope to get you the details soon. Wok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Only the headings go to me, the money and member lists go to JANE. I hope all clubs noted her new address... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 And the Postcode is?? Just being facetious, Caryl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Good point Zev! It is 6035 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Only the headings go to me, the money and member lists go to JANE. I hope all clubs noted her new address... um caryl why is that a picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 cut and paste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 so that no one can dredge for email addresses and spam it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 FYI, it has taken me 4 hours to update just 4 club member lists - and one of them only has 3 members! This should give you some idea what a long and tedious job it is. It is at times like this I wonder why I am a volunteer :-? :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Do you do this in Excel? Why don't you send us a template, and we will fill it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 You know that's not such a silly idea Zev. It would make it a lot easier, even if there were small corrections to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Remember, 20th July is the cut-off date. After this time your club details will not be added to the Yearbook. Why is it such a battle every year to get a simple membership list?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 The details are sent in Excel but the information is transferred into Publisher. From there the font, size and kerning are all changed to fit the new format. The various bits then get colour coded to make it easier to read :roll: Not only do I copy and paste a lot of it (but some gets retyped as it is actually quicker), but I also have to check the details. For instance, one club list has 4 incorrect details - that I noticed. No idea how many I haven't noticed! I have to double check spellings, addresses, numbers etc etc and hope all clubs have remembered to add the postcodes. The 4 I have so far have done so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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