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Released August 3, 2009
Dear OA LodgeMaster Users,
The development team is excited to announce the release of version 2.0! = The new release includes a large number of improvements, including upgrades= to Access and SQL Server, a brand new interface and menu design, a new fin= ance modules, new reporting tools, and much, much more.
You can download the new program today from the OA LodgeMaster website. = Remember, you will need to uninstall the old version of the desktop program= first (by opening add / remove programs in your control panel) since it no= longer works.
Inside of the desktop client:
- A new version of Access and SQL Server plus a new add-in that allows qui=
ck creation of PDFs from inside OA LodgeMaster.
- We=E2=80=99ve reorganized the menus. You=E2=80=99ll find all of the same=
functionality, just in slightly different places on the new ribbon.
- We=E2=80=99ve added new reporting tools, including the ability to print =
labels and export any reports for the lodge or chapter membership.
- We=E2=80=99ve added a brand new, greatly enhanced, finance module which =
allows allow better transaction processing and new budgeting functionality.=
- We=E2=80=99ve added callout date tracking, bounced email and address tra=
cking, and a flag for using nicknames versus first names.
- We=E2=80=99ve added an OA representative field to the unit setup screen.=
- We=E2=80=99ve added user login tracking and will be adding a report so y=
ou can review this in the next release.
- We=E2=80=99ve added BSA membership audit reports.
- We=E2=80=99ve added notes fields for both members and event attendees. <=
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- We=E2=80=99ve improved usage of the inactive and deceased flags to ensur=
e members do not appear incorrectly on reports.
- We=E2=80=99ve added the ability to print chapter specific mailing labels=
.
- We=E2=80=99ve also fixes a small number of bugs that had been reported s=
ince that last release.
Please review the questions and answers below, and also note a couple of=
couple important items:
- The online portal is being finalized and will be available starting this=
coming weekend or new week. We=E2=80=99ll send out a separate announcement=
with links and login information once the online portal is available.
- Along with the new finance module comes a new set of tables in your data=
base. We are currently migrating your data from the old tables, your old da=
ta should be available by the end of the weekend. Complete the upgrade and =
the finance information will appear once the migration is complete.
Thanks to everyone who attended our training classes and visited the sup= port lab. We hope to talk to everyone again soon, and we hope you enjoy thi= s great new version of OA LodgeMaster.
Yours in Brotherhood,
The OA LodgeMaster Team
Mike (C.), Mike (G.), Mike (P.), Rob (A.) and Rob (R.)
The new version brings a couple of major changes to the system that do n= ot allow for upgrades. We're upgrading SQL server on our end to a newer ver= sion, and because of this have to do a major database conversion to move al= l of your databases over. On your end, LodgeMaster will be using SQL 2008 E= xpress instead of SQL 2008 Express and Access 2007 Runtime instead of Acces= s 2003 Runtime. These changes require the old program to be uninstalled com= pletely and a new full version to be installed.
You will no longer be able to use the old version as your data has been = migrated to the new version of SQL server. You will need to uninstall the o= ld version by opening add / remove programs in your control panel. Once the= old program is uninstalled, download the new installer from the OA LodgeMa= ster website, run the setup wizard, then open up OA LodgeMaster desktop.
Please submit a ticket on the help desk if you have any questions - this= will allow each of the team members to respond as they have time - instead= of sending all questions to one member of the development team. You can su= bmit a ticket online at http://support.oalodgemaster.org or via email at support@oalodgemas= ter.org.