This database will help you manage the registration process for your meeting, whether it's a one-day trade workshop or a week-long convention. It handles registration info, housing, seminars, confirmation letters, labels, payment, and other stuff. I posted the original version several years ago, and have updated it a couple times. It's now being used by a variety of organizations--businesses, colleges, government agencies, nonprofits...even a roller hockey league.
Look around in the files to see if it's what you need. Then decide whether or not you want to buy it from me. You need a password to gain full access to the files. I'll send it as soon as payment is received.
The main file is called Conventions. That's where you enter information as registration forms come in. You'll spend the bulk of your time here. There are several other linked files, but once you get them set up for a convention, you probably won't need to get back into them.
It's all pretty easy to figure out. I designed it so that if you have people entering the information who are not particularly FileMaker savvy, they should be able to get along just fine. That's how I designed it for the organization that writes my bi-weekly paychecks; I didn't want constant questions from the people handling the registrations.
Convention Manager includes a lot of online help. The Hello! screen, which appears when you launch Conventions, will give you a good introduction. Once you get past that screen, click on the Help button (the one with the question mark icon) in the upper right-hand corner of the menu bar. It'll take you to a screen which will tell you just about everything you need to know.
Cost
Send me $30, and I'll send you the password which will give you full access to the files in Convention Manager. If you should need a site license, $100 will do it. That covers as many computers as you want in your organization within a 100-mile radius.
How to Pay
It's easy. Send a check for $30 directly to me:
Steve Dennie
3014 Carrington Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46750
You can contact me by email at this address: sdennie@kagi.com, or sdennie@concentric.net
Or, Pay Through Kagi Software
Kagi manages the payment process for shareware authors. They keep 10% of the shareware fee, but it's worth it, since they provide various options to make it easy for people to pay. In particular, you can use credit cards with Kagi. That's how I usually pay for stuff. I've bought a number of shareware programs through Kagi.
Here's how to pay with Kagi.
1. Open the Register Conventions program that (probably) came bundled with the database.
2. Enter your name, email address, and the number of single-user licenses you want.
3. Then Save, Copy, or Print. (Use the "Copy" feature if you want to paste the information into an email file and send it that way.)
4. Send the result and payment to Kagi at: sales@kagi.com
Credit Card or First Virtual Account
If paying with credit cards or a First Virtual account, you can email or fax the data to Kagi.
email: sales@kagi.com
FAX: (510) 652-6589
You can either Copy the data from Register and paste it into the body of an email message. Or you can Save the information to a file, and then attach that file to an email message. You don't need to compress the file, since it's pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number given above.
Cash or Check
If you are paying cash or writing a check, you should print the information using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form. It needs to be a check drawn in US dollars; Kagi can't accept checks in other currencies. The address is:
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-6V
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
Buying Through Your Company?
If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people.
You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.
Kagi can't invoice your company. You need to generate the invoice and handle the paperwork on your end.
Payments sent via U.S. Mail take up to 10 days for processing after they reach Kagi. If you include your email address, you'll hear from Kagi when they process the form.
Kagi will send me an email message that they've received payment. I'll then send you the password.
By the Way....
If you collect Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Maisto, or other scale-model vehicles of any kind, I've got a great FileMaker system for you. I call it Toy Car Collection. It's a relational system for entering and managing all kinds of information about your vehicles. You'll find it posted on various shareware boards. Or, you can ask me about it (sdennie@kagi.com or sdennie@concentric.net) and I'll send it to you directly or else point you to a shareware archive.
