Dear Friends,
I am a fan of Hallmaster, having used it
at various MHs over the years. At Lancaster we use
Google Calendar along with various paper based back up
systems for our bookings diary (with different bits of
info on various bits of paper/in books etc, hand
written, depending on the nature of the booking), and
we use QuickBooks for our invoicing. I would love to
streamline our systems, decreasing the need for
information being collected in various places, with
hard copies meaning it can't be stored 'in the clouds'
without even more steps involved. I also find its
easy to double book rooms using Google Calendar. I
have to explain to Wardenship/the tresurer etc why I
think its necessary to change, and suggest
alternatives.
I wondered whether Friends could answer
a couple of questions that will help to focus my
thinking, and my 'report'.
Do you use Hallmaster, and if so what
system/s were in place before?
Do you have experience of integrating
(is that the right word?) Hallmaster invoicing with
Quickbooks? If so, is this straight forward? Is it
worth the extra annual charge, or is it easier just to
input manually?
If you use Hallmaster would you still
choose it if you were going through the process of
change?
Does anyone use a different bookings
software that can take room bookings, create invoices,
integrate with accounts packages (specifically
QuickBooks)?
Any thoughts on disadvantages and
arguments against changing?
Anything else I haven't thought to ask?
I'm finding it difficult to put my
thoughts together, because to me swapping to
Hallmaster is obvious - saves time, more efficient,
great for multi users to be able to pick up where
others left off etc. But I need to have more clarity
in my thinking and in my 'presentation' to discuss the
options with people who have no idea of our current
system or of the alternatives.
Sorry, long email, but any responses,
even if you don't answer the specific questions, would
be very gratefully received.
All the best
Tasha
Tasha Heny
Warden
Lancaster Quaker Meeting House
-------- Original message --------
Date: 11/09/2023 15:31 (GMT+00:00)
Subject: [wardenship] Re: Communion wine at
meeting
Thanks Clare for a thought provoking question!
I think friends should be careful not to restrict the
religious practice
of other faith groups if we allow them to use our
premises without
compromising their friends values. As a Christian
myself I'm heartened
by your Meetings response and of others in this chain.
I would also
like to point out for Meetings that adhere to a strict
no alcohol policy
for the sake of building users such as AA groups, that
they could
request their hirers substitute alcohol of grape juice.
Many churches
use red grape juice to allow child and alcoholics to
participate in
communion, so this shouldn't be seen as a burdensome or
meddlesome request.
Kind regards,
Martin Lacey
Meeting House Manager
Norwich Quaker Meeting House
Upper Goat Lane
Norwich
NR2 1EW
01603 624854 Weekdays 9 - 1
07857 167322
On 10/09/2023 14:27, Clare Barnett wrote:
> Hi all,
> We have a standard clause in our lettings policy,
as I am sure many
> meetings do, saying no alcohol.
> We have had an enquiry from a group of clergy who
wish to hold a
> gathering at the meeting house and as part of this
hold communion.
> They wanted it know if it would be possible for
them to use the
> communion wine in the ceremony.
> At business meeting today no one seemed to have any
objections to
> this, but we said we would explore further what
other meetings do. It
> feels like it is something which probably doesn't
arise very often but
> I wondered if anyone had any thoughts or indeed any
meetings have a
> letting policy which doesn't say that alcohol is
prohibited?
> Kind Regards
> Clare Barnett
> Premises committee, Hartshill Local Meeting
>
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