In addition to Dave's comments, you'd quickly grow your Contacts file to
an unweildy size if you tracked every thank you sent (at least, that's
what would happen to MY database). Also, the Thank date field is
automatically filled if you use the ebase thank you routine, which means
that you could search for un-thanked gifts by looking for a blank Thank
Date field. Any that are empty have not been sent a thank you (that is,
unless that person received a thank you note produced another way and
you didn't note that in the Thank Date field).
Carl
Dave Shaw wrote:
>
> >I was surprised to notice that the sending of a thank you letter does NOT
> >show up in the Contact History list. As I was considering making it so, I
> >was wondering if there was some good reason for not doing it.? WHY does
> >ebase not post thank you letters to the COntact HIstory?
>
> I think the reason is that the Thank you letter is the end of the transaction.
> 1. You solicit a contribution (or action) with a solicitation letter
> or email, which is recorded in the contacts record and assigned a
> source code.
> 2. The constituent responds with a check or action, which you record
> in payments or actions, with the appropriate source code so you can
> track the effectiveness of your solicitations.
> 3. You close with a Thank you. There is a Thank Date field in the
> payments file in which you can record the date of the thankyou letter.
>
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> tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
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