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Well, Donna from Adair Co. beat me to the Grandbaby Album... she sent this picture of Davin Earl, her grandson who was born on June 12. Obviously, from the picture, you can see that Grandpa thinks he's pretty special!!
Looks to me like being a Blue Ribbon Baby means that they're automatically CUTE!!
As I was looking at one system, I found that they have their projects listed a little bit differently than we do--they have two different fields... one for the project name, and another for the "level" or "unit". So, a young person's project would be Market Beef, and they'd also note that they were in Level 1 this year. The pubs are linked to the levels, just as ours would be.
What do you think? The big question is whether you keep track of "years in project" by the general topic (market beef) or by the LEVEL... so a member might be in Mkt Beef level 1 for 3 years, then in Mkt Beef level 2 for 2 years, and you'd never see the combined 5 years of market beef... kind of a convoluted explanation, but...
For those of you who track years in project in Blue Ribbon, what do you do when a young person switches from Level 1 of a project to Level 2? Do you add up the years in project, or do you start over at 1?
Do you think this is a change we could all adapt to? The change would be that although the pubs are linked to the specific level, the years in project are linked to the project, regardless of level. Let me know your thoughts!
Okay, somebody's an over-achiever... Steph in Sac county not only gave birth to this adorable litte girl, Kinzie Lynn, but she ALSO sent the picture at 9:55 this morning, which is only 13 hours and 30 minutes after Kinzie's big entrance. What the heck??? Steph, you need to get some sleep. Seriously.
Anyway, here's the latest addition to our Blue Ribbon Baby Album--and I must say, she's another cutie! Unless any of the rest of you really hurry, I think I'll be the next one to add a picture--MY little granddaughter is due to make her appearance within the next 2 weeks! Oh, yes, we're excited!
Thanks, Steph, for sharing this picture of Kinzie. Now get some sleep!
Hmmm. My responses are dwindling. I'm going to post a few more questions over the next week or so to help bolster my numbers!! It's incredibly important to me that you provide "in the trenches" guidance for me as we work towards our goal of having a web-based enrollment system that fits YOUR needs, so speak up. Today's question is pretty simple, but I do want some direction from you for possible changes.
Do you use the Member Charts option under the Utilities menu? Whether or not you're using them now, do you think that these particular charts are useful? Are there other simple charts that you would find MORE useful? When I say "simple charts", I mean primarily those that only sort by one variable. The charts under the Utilities menu take the group of records and sort by one variable (grade, residence, etc.) for each chart.
While we're talking about charts, also take a look at the options under Reports>>Statistical Reports>>Member/Leader statistical. What combinations would be more useful than the ones that are listed there?
Keep those comments coming in--and keep watching the blog. There should be a couple more posts over the next week or so. Oh, yeah, try to keep dry as well!!
I got my first question about the State Fair entry databases this morning, so I know that it’s Fair Time in Iowa!!!
This is just a little reminder (it’s also in the instructions) that no matter whether you intend to enter communications, exhibits, or livestock, you ALWAYS start by double-clicking on the 2008StateFairEntry.exe icon as shown in the picture (View image). In that same folder, there are files named “comm.sf8”, “livestock.sf8”, and “exhibit.sf8” BUT if you attempt to double-click on those, your computer will not know what program should be running. You actually access those files through the opening screen of the 2008StateFairEntry.exe program.
I sent this info to a variety of lists a few minutes ago, so some of you may get two notices. Future info about the state fair will ONLY come out through the blog and the 4h-statefair mailing list, so please be sure that you are subscribed to either the blog notification list or the 4h-statefair mailing list if you need that information. If you received an email this morning with the subject line "You're subscribed to the 4h-statefair mailing list", you are. If not, you're not!!