Hi all, I understand that Jack has left the ebase gang. This would explain why I didn't get an answer to the question below. I wonder if there's anyone out there who can help me. I created this problem by not having current backups of all files before the big crash. Now I'm paying the price. Thanks, Jenny My note to Jack.... A while back, I reported that ebase had crashed badly and after recovery some error messages started popping up. You fixed the problems but rightly warned that there might be others. I have saved all the new data info I've entered elsewhere but, due to a bulk email that generated tremendous response and an upcoming newsletter mailing deadline, I REALLY don't want to return back to the before-data-entry place. If these two problems I'm having now can't be fixed any other way, then we'll find a way to live with them. Here're the current problems: 1) Whenever I try to add any information to an already existing record, I get an error message that says,"This record was not added correctly. You must now run the Create Related Records Script...." When I click "yes", the new information is accepted. This will happen on every "page" of a record. This does not happen when I create an entirely new record. It also doesn't happen if I try to alter a record that was created after the crash. 2) I can no longer automatically create bulk emails. The addresses are pasted onto my clipboard (thank heavens!) but there seems to be no link with eudora. I have to manually create the email, cutting and pasting the message. I also get a request to choose my "profile". When I select my name and mark the box asking that this be the default profile, it doesn't seem to take. Next time I get the same request and the box isn't ticked. Like I said, I will live with these problems if there's no other way to fix but going back to where I was a month ago. Aside from the hassle tho, the biggest problem is letting anyone else work with our database while it's this quirky. At 05:35 PM 10/6/00 -0600, Marshall Mayer wrote: >Hi there, > >I am writing to let you know about some exciting changes taking place at >ebase. As you know, plans are well underway to develop ebase Version 2, and >we've begun business development on ebase as an ASP. There are also some >staffing changes taking place at TechRocks around the ebase Team, which I >wanted you to be among the first to know about. > >I'm delighted to announce that Bob Schmitt assumes the responsibility of >Lead Developer for ebase on October 23rd and that Clif Graves will join Bob >as full-time ebase Programmer starting October 24th. > >Bob has been associated with ebase for a long time, having been Board Chair >of Desktop Assistance, the original publisher of ebase, when we hatched this >idea four years ago. At the time, Bob was Chief Information Officer for the >United States Institute for Peace in Washington, DC. I was fortunate to >convince Bob to join the Desktop Assistance staff as Systems Administrator >in Helena, MT, his current home, 18 months ago. More recently, Bob has been >CIO of TechRocks (the current publisher of ebase), and has developed most of >the technical support systems on our current website. Bob has been a >pioneer in the business of providing technology assistance to nonprofit >organizations for more than 15 years, and we continue to be blessed by his >depth of experience and commitment to our cause. > >Clif will work on ebase Version 2 at first, and then on support systems as >well as representing ebase in the Northeast. Clif is the most advanced >ebase super-user, having converted to ebase the fundraising and activist >databases of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, for which he has been >the Manager of Information Systems for the past four years. He has also >done extensive customization to ebase, building some really kewl new tools. >In his spare time, Clif has provided exceptional and authoritative support >to the ebase community on our listservs and throughout the Northeast, and >has been a tireless evangelist about ebase in many online nonprofit >communities. We are extremely fortunate that Clif is committed to ebase, >and now more than ever since he has decided to join the ebase Team as a >staff person. > >Bob and Clif make a great development team, and are already working with >approximately 50 ebase users and FileMaker Pro developers to complete ebase >Version 2. But I also want to announce -- with sadness -- that Jack Noll >and Alice Aguilar have decided to leave the ebase Team. Jack and Alice have >been involved with ebase for the past two years, and both have contributed >immeasurably to its success. > >We found Jack by advertising in High Country News for a "Green Geek." Jack >was far enough ahead of his time to be the only person to answer the ad, and >we're sure glad he did. As a half-time employee, Jack did the majority of >programming for ebase Version 1, and has been involved in every aspect of >ebase support ever since. Jack has decided to follow personal interests as >he and his partner relocate from Heber City, Utah to Virginia. We wish him >all the best. > >Alice was our star beta tester for ebase Version 1, and when she decided to >relocate from Anchorage to Flagstaff (a good move!), we offered her a job as >ebase Technical Support staff. As we have come to say over the past 2 >years, when it comes to ebase, "Go ask Alice, I think she'll know." Alice >will be working with us through mid-November, and after that she is >interested in continuing her work with us on contact to develop ebase >training programs that serve the needs of smaller, grassroots groups. > >In the meantime, Alice will be working with some of our super-users to make >sure that the ebase community continues to receive the technical support >that she and Jack have so ably provided. We wish Alice and Jack the best in >their future endeavors, and we assure you that all ebase customers will not >see any interruption in the great service that Alice and Jack have provided. > >Finally, we are readvertising the position of ebase Product and Services >Manager (formerly called the ebase Program Director). The position has been >restructured to focus on building the training and support plan for ebase >and no longer has fundraising and marketing responsibilities. If you know >someone who wants to build the technical support capacity of TechRocks to >serve the needs of the more than 1,000 registered users of ebase (that's >right, we registered 200 users in the last two weeks!), point them to >http://www.techrocks.org/jobs/ebasedir.htm for the most current job >announcement. The sooner we hire, the better service the ebase user >community will receive, especially as we roll out Version 2. > >Marshall > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Marshall Mayer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Principal, TechRocks http://www.techrocks.org > 38 South Last Chance Gulch - Suite 2A > Helena, MT 59601 eFax: 208.361.0149 >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note my new email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and street address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jenny Bowen Half the Sky Foundation http://www.halfthesky.org Helping them hold up half the sky....
