Thank you Tracie. I agree with you -- I usually wait some time before going thru the update process to ensure the bugs are worked out. I didn't realize that Blackbaud just released their latest update (7.81.1334). I was planning to load 7.80.1122 which was released a year ago (unfortunately, didn't get around to it until now). Thank you for ...

I was planning to upgrade our RE to 7.81 this weekend. However, the last entry by Teresa Werkheiser scares me. Are there any other companies who have upgraded to 7.81 without any problems? I'd really appreciate the reassurance. Thank you.

This question is in regards to wealth screening. We are curious to find out if other organizations include their current employees and board in their wealth screening data, or are they excluded from the pool? Thank you. Leilani Fortuno [Email Removed]

We would appreciate it if other schools could share how they determine their class participation denominator. Are your alumni who are flagged as LOST and/or DO NOT SOLICIT included in the overall number of alumni who could have donated to your organization, or are they omitted from the total? Thank you! Leilani Fortuno [Email Removed]

Aloha! We are a private school (K-12) in Hawaii and we are evaluating NetCommunities and Golden Parachute as possible web development/hosting of our alumni web page. Golden Parachute gave us a demo today and they advised that 95% of their clients are Raiser's Edge users. We would appreciate it if we can contact some of these organizations to ...

Are there any schools out there who use Raiser's Edge and Senior Systems? I'm looking for any other organizations who use these two systems to see if they interface these two software programs. Thank you. Leilani Fortuno [Email Removed]

We are a school that uses SENIOR SYSTEMS and RAISER'S EDGE. I'm seeking the help of other organizations/schools that also use these programs. Particularly, I'd like to find out if your organization/school has been able to integrate Senior Systems and Raiser's Edge (i.e. admissions, finance/accounting, etc.) If you have integrated these two ...

We are having a confusing time trying to manage constituents who are married, but have different mailings addresses. For these particular constituents, we created separate records for them and linked them as spouses. However, only one of them can be tagged as the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. We want to process a mailing where we use the HEAD OF ...

Hi! I'd like to ask how school organizations handle soft credits in their annual reports -- especially when the alumni are married to each other. For example, we receive a check from Mr. & Mrs. Both individuals have hard records and are linked. The gifts are usually recorded in the husband's record and soft credited to the wife's record. ...

In generating the percentage of alumni donors who gave to your organization within a time frame, we are wondering how other organizations determine the alumni donor percentage. For example, to determine the number of alumni who gave within the last fiscal year, do you also include constituents who were marked "lost" (no valid address) ...