Dear All,
This is the updated action plan for TAT subscription:
- When he extracted the active members DB from Oracle into Excel, some information was missing (last name, telephone number, fax). He is unable to extract the missing information.
- I am going to speak to Nilay to see if he will do it for us for a fee.
- Bird is going to speak to Charlee and one other programmer to see if they will do it for us for a fee.
- Once this is done, Bird will send out a Direct Mail to all active subscribers to verify the information that we have for them is correct. The mailer will also ask for their email address, and some other info about them that we would like to use for advertising purposes.
- The completed info will be updated into the excel by Bird and his team and we will have a more complete DB.
- Once this is done, the updated data will be imported into Maximizer, which will be installed at our office in the subscription machine. This program will replace the Oracle program we have been using in the past.
- Bird will come and train our team on how to use Maximizer.
- From then on, all changes to existing subscribers or entries for new subscribers will be put only into Maximizer.
- At the end of the month when the new issue comes out, we will export the DB and send it to Bird to print stickers.
- All the copies of TAT that are to be mailed will be sent to Bird for his team to afix stickers and have them mailed out. He will receive any bounced back copies and will update us so that we can contact them and make the necessary address changes if any.
- All copies delivered by hand or picked up at the office will remain at the Richmond office.
Best regards,