[Qcwa] RE: online database?

[Bob N0UF]

Some clubs list everything but the street address on-line 
making the generation of a mailing list impossible.  The 
whole list is still available to members via other means

A java script should also be used for displaying the e-mail 
to reduce id harvesting.

Phone numbers and birthdays can also be added but 
members have the choice of theirs being available or not.

73
Bob N0UF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Plamondon" <bobp@att.net>
To: "Gary Harrison" <k0bc@ipa.net>
Cc: "QCWAnatlLISTserv" <qcwa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 4:09 PM
Subject: [Qcwa] RE: online database?


> 
> Hi, Gary.
> 
> But you ARE providing it online today - just in PDF form (the PDF images
> save remotely through the browser very easily).  Regardless the form,
> why not just password protect the viewing and/or download service so as
> not to deny it to the membership ?  It works for thousands of other
> companies and organizations.
> 
> As for dBaseIV ... you only have to address that once - and only at the
> HQ server.  And you might find Access no more useful than the easier to
> manage and more useful to all, Excel.   But even if you needed Access at
> the backend, exporting/importing between the Access backend and Excel
> frontend is a piece of cake.  And are there still folks who WANT to hold
> onto dBaseIV when far more contemporary/powerful alternatives are
> readily available ?
> 
> ????
> 
> 73,  w6BOB
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Harrison [mailto:k0bc@ipa.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 1:31 PM
> To: bobp@att.net
> Subject: online database?
> 
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I am replying to your comments about having the database on line.  I
> see
> from further comments that Jim Walsh has replied to your comments also.
> One of the biggest concerns about having an on line database is the use
> that can (has been) made of it to generate mass mailing solicitations.
> After some concerns that were expressed by members in the past the QCWA
> Board of Directors decided not to make the database generally available
> on
> request.
> 
> I agree with you that the more modern software would be easier to
> manipulate, but getting the expertise to get it done (and use it) is a
> major problem.  I have experimented with importing it into Access and
> found
> that it can be done, but the learning curve is still there for the
> people
> that are already familiar with dBase IV.
> 
> 
> 73,
> Gary Harrison, K0BC
> QCWA Board member (past President)
> Ask me about our Scholarship program/fund
> http://www.qcwa.org
> 
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