All of the events we organize have multiple components that guests must register for individually. For example, at our annual meeting, they must pay a registration fee but might or might not register for a variety of banquets. I would like to have only one event that stores participants' basic info (special needs, lodging, notes, etc.) and get my meal counts and banquet rosters by querying event unit types (ex. "Friday Dinner"). Is this the best way to keep track of a multi-faceted event? On a separate subject, I keep track of member complaints, questions, special requests throughout the registration process but run into a problem when I need to log more than one line of text in the Notes section. How can I type longer conversation notes or keep track of actions that are associated with a constituent's event participant record? I hesitate to create so many new attributes because each participant's situation is unique, and I don't want to clutter my atttributes table. Suggestions? Julie Pennington Special Events Coordinator Texas State Historical Association Austin, Texas [Email Removed]

Having a similar issue. Was looking at Units and benefits. A unit will be a predefined grouping of seminars (benefits). How is this working out for you? William da Silva ---------------- eSimpleIT [Email Removed]

Currently, we use the units to record different types of activities that people can do. We even do this for raffle tickets. For instance, one unit is 1 raffle ticket and 1 unit is a raffle group (6 tickets for a better price). We would have a unit for cocktail hour with guest and a unit for dinner and a unit for the two events combined. I've only had to do seating for one of the events at our combined events so far, but sometimes I use an additional powerpoint seating chart if I have some complex situations. I link the file in through the media tab. I'm not sure I understand the notes issue. I can write many lines in the Notes box on the Attibutes/Notes tab for the registrant. I'm sure I'm missing something here. On a bright note, there will be a release by early next year of an updated events module. It will allow for logging multiple events in a group. Whoohoo! Can't wait. Nora Isaac Manager, Information Technology The ALS Association, Greater Phila. Chapter [Email Removed]

You can record it all this way in RE but good luck reporting on all of this - including income raised by each unit. There are NO event reports that report on income by unit. You must find a way to do a custom report. Will new reporting capabilities be included in this release? Not holding my breath. *** my spelling is fine, it's my typing that stinks. Where is spell check? Melissa S. Graves Manager, Development Database & Direct Mail Planned Parenthood of Connecticut [Email Removed] 203-752-2804

I have some custom event reports I can post. I'm not sure how we are supposed to post crystal reports so that it will work for you. There is an associated export, of course. Would someone who has uploaded their crystal reports to the client documents please tell me the best way to do this. Thanks! Nora Isaac Manager, Information Technology The ALS Association, Greater Phila. Chapter [Email Removed]