Past perfect is extremely user(volunteer) friendly. I suggest you call 
Brian Gomez or the support staff with these questions. You may be able to 
license and use from several locations, it but I am not sure. They will also 
send you a sample version to try
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CSM Daniel M. Sebby" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 6:32 PM
Subject: PastPerfect


> The California State Military Museum is considering going to a new 
> artifact
> accountability system and of course, we checked out the website for
> PastPerfect.  However, we have a unique situation and we hope that maybe
> someone will tell us if they think PastPerfect will fill the bill.
>
>
>
> First, all of our federally owned artifacts are accounted for using the
> Army's Artifact Management Information System (AMIS).  No choice there 
> since
> we are an Army museum we have to use their system, but this is only 
> accounts
> for about five percent of our total collection.  Granted, this five 
> percent
> is our major macro-artifacts portion; tanks, aircraft, regimental flags,
> etc.  We are assuming that we could account for this property as loaned 
> from
> the Army on Past Perfect.  Although AMIS will allow for loaned property, 
> the
> Artifact Responsible Officer who is responsible for its maintenance is 
> doing
> this as an additional duty and has other duties to perform.
>
>
>
> Second, in addition to our main museum in Sacramento, we have our support
> facility twenty miles distant and satellite museums and libraries located 
> at
> Camp San Luis Obispo, Camp Roberts (both in San Luis Obispo County, 300 
> mile
> away), the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos (Orange County) and
> the National Guard Armories in San Diego (San Diego County).  In addition,
> we are responsible for accounting for artifacts located in just about 
> every
> National Guard Armory in the state (over 100 locations).
>
>
>
> So here are the questions:
>
>
>
> 1. If loaded onto a server, could the satellites upload data to that
> server and still have them manage their artifacts locally?
> 2. If a team were to travel the state using laptops to conduct
> inventories, could this be transmitted from the field or would we have to
> return to the office to upload to the server?
> 3. How volunteer friendly is the system?
>
>
>
> Thanking everyone in advance!
>
>
>
> Daniel M. Sebby
>
> Command Sergeant Major
>
> California Center for Military History
>
> California State Military Department
>
>
>
> Historian and Webmaster
>
> US Army Museum Activity, California
>
>
>
> Preserving California's Military Heritage
>
> www.militarymuseum.org
>
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>
>
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