RussellHltn wrote:Another thought: "Out of town for the month". Last I looked membership records weren't to be moved unless the person would be gone for more then 3 months. That leaves a lot of "home for the holidays" or "home for summer". Especially for singles and student wards.
(Yeah, I know. I keep pushing for simplification and yet I keep thinking up more things.) :rolleyes:
But I guess my prior question still holds: A drop-down category or put it in "notes"?
In watching this discussion, it occurs to me that two layers of reporting might help. For example:
HT visited
HT not visited
letter
email
phone
refused
out of town
not in the ward (i.e: moved & the records need to go elsewhere)
other (defined locally)
other
VT visited
in person
phone
letter
VT not visited
email
refused
out of town
not in the ward
other
other
Local admin (RS pres, EQ pres, etc) could flag types of visits for the appropriate visited/not visited category. Statistical information could then be readily generated for the officially counted data (as determined by local leaders per Tomw) and for the subsets of visited and not visited for local planning purposes.
This would suit both types of needs.
It would also be helpful to extract historical data for visits to particular households/individuals (HT/VT). This would help leaders better analyze events in areas where leadership is more fluid, such as YSA & military wards.
NOTE:
Topics should be indented under each of the following headings:
HT visited (as a default, HT visits are in person, so I have no additional detail here)
HT not visited
VT visited
VT not visited
