Bigwavedave said...
Database has always been centralised. Just noone to process it efficiently since Emma left.
Amen to that! But this system does what Emma did; ie coordinating and reconciling every states records every month - ie untold data entry hrs; in NO time. Its all just there from the minute you join. The pioneering days were a huge frustration. Emma would have died for a system like this.
Bigwavedave said...
What is good is that the state associations ARE the AKSA board. So everyone seems to be headed in the same direction.
YEAH - the message is getting through. From day dot AKSA was destined to become a group of well established state c'tees cooperating at national level to keep OZ kiting coordinated and efficient (= same direction).
It was only the efforts of individuals; in particular Mike Walker and Emma Gibbs; who kept it all happening when no-one else cared while the states got up to speed. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude. It was a huge pity their 5 years of consistent effort was soured by cruel and unnecessary criticism.
Step by step AKSA is becoming a far better service to kiting, to states and to members than it ever was but without that groundwork it would be nothing at all.
