2010-02-26 sumac newsletter
Cookies in 401 Richmond: March 24
Along with Arts For Children and Youth,
we
are
co-sponsoring
an
event from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 401 Richmond Street in
Toronto. There will be a seminar on Choosing
Software
For
Non-Profits. It will be possible to get a Sumac
demo. And there will be lots of cookies. Attendees receive $100 of
Sumac money to spend on new installations of Sumac. Let us know if you
are interested in attending.
New Support: Videos, FAQs
Sumac.com now has seven training
videos:
Lesson 1: Sumac Basics for All Users
Lesson 2: Communications
Lesson 3: Single Contact Record
Lesson 4: Contacts List
Lesson 5: Finding Contacts
Lesson 6: Sumac Administrator
Lesson 7: Grow Your Own
Lesson 2: Communications
Lesson 3: Single Contact Record
Lesson 4: Contacts List
Lesson 5: Finding Contacts
Lesson 6: Sumac Administrator
Lesson 7: Grow Your Own
Click here
to see these training videos. We would be pleased to receive your
feedback.
There is also an enlarged and organized
group of Frequently Asked
Questions, with their answers. Click here
to see them.
These new support options are
supplemental to our usual unlimited
responsive phone and email tech support which continues as always.
Releases Keep Getting Easier
In the beginning, upgrading to a new release of Sumac required you to copy files from our distribution package onto each user computer. We greatly improved the process last September by making Sumac downloadable from Sumac.com, but we still retained distinct major releases (3.0, 3.1, 3.2) and you decided when to upgrade from one release to the next.
Recently, we have further modified our approach. As enhancements are added, minor releases occur. Instead of a major new release every six months, there is a minor release every few weeks. This enables us to respond rapidly to requests for enhancements.
In order to keep you apprised of the enhancements being added to Sumac, we will occasionally produce Release Notes, the way we used to for every major release. Click here to see notes about enhancements to Sumac since release 3.2 in September 2009. Click here to review all release notes for the last year.
Online Sumac Forum?
Some Sumac users have suggested that we should create an online
Sumac forum, so they can swap advice and suggestions. We would like to
know what you think.Would you use an online forum? What would you expect of such a forum?
Would you like a LinkedIn.com group, a Yahoo group, a Facebook group?
Let us know if you have any interest or opinions on this subject. Thanks
Creative Trust Joins the Sumac Community
Creative Trust provides the financial and planning skills that creative theatre, music and dance companies need to meet today’s complex challenges, rewarding their hard work and achievements with working capital grants. Creative Trust was using a custom-built Access database before moving up to Sumac. We are delighted to be able to help Creative Trust as it helps dozens of performing arts organizations.
Back Up Your Data
We have said it before. It bears repeating.In the last month, one Sumac client had its server hit by a virus, another had a hard disk failure. In both cases, with a lot of anguish and a lot of work, the data has been recovered.
Don't put yourself through this stress. Back up your data. Click here for information about how. Contact us if you aren't sure.