Security is a very big thing for me as well. I've spent a lot of time making sure that you need passwords to get into anything (except for when they are filling out their information for the first time). They can't log into the system until they have been reviewed and approved by a member of the Bishopric. I was very much aware of the "no ward website" policy, but it was so difficult as membership clerk to keep track of like three different systems. At least this way I was hoping for an easy way to export/import data out of MIS and really save a lot of time all the way around and keep things better synced. I guess my Access database will just have to work, although I can't seem to hand it off, no one has Access.
Robert LeBlanc BioAg Computer Support Brigham Young University (801)422-1882 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Andrew McNabb > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:40 AM > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: Re: [uug] Page Layout question > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 11:30:15AM -0600, Robert LeBlanc wrote: > > Speaking of all this ward directory stuff, I started to create a website > > for our single's ward. My goal was to leverage BYU's LDAP to fill out > > most of the information and people would be able to update their own > > information at any time (pending approval from appropriate members of > > the Bishopric, etc). Elders Quorum Pres and Relief Society Pres could > > create HT and VT assignments or delegate that responsibility. Ward > > members would then be able to report their HT and VT and the Presidents > > would be able to have that information quickly. Members would also be > > able to browse the ward directory in HTML, or dynamically create a pdf > > for printing at anytime and it would be updated. Other things would > > include messaging, calendar and other extras. Unfortunately, my last > > semester of school was crazy trying to graduate, then I did a huge > > remodel on my house over the summer and now I'm getting married. I don't > > know if I will finish it now :( I'm kind of bummed about it. I wasn't > > sure how I would generate a pdf from raw data, I know it's possible, but > > it would have been fun to figure out. > > > > I think something like this would be really cool, but I've avoided doing > something like this for a few reasons. The Church tries to be really > careful about data. I'm a little more security-minded than most people, > but I still don't really trust myself. I could imagine putting a page > out there, thinking it's just fine, but then having someone steal data > from it. Imagining how guilty I would feel has dissuaded me from trying > to do this. Additionally, the Church officially said not to have ward > web sites a few years ago, and something like this would definitely have > to be administrative-only if it's going to be in the letter and spirit > of this policy. > > That said, I have put stuff on my own computer that makes it possible to > do at least some of the things that you have pointed out. > > -- > Andrew McNabb > http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ > PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
