SABA Communications (Newsletter/Internet/Database)   

Current Responsibilities:

  1. Monthly Newsletter
    1. Current months article
    2. Prayer Schedule
    3. SABA program schedule
    4. Advertisements
    5. Contact Information
    6. Children Corner
    7. Quran and Hadith
     
  2. Internet Web-site
    1. Website maintenance
    2. Posting monthly program
    3. Posting moon sighting information
    4. Current prayer times / hijri calendar
    5. Monthly newsletter
    6. Improvement / Enhancement / Change
    7. Space management
     
  3. Email
    1. Weekly email
      1. Current week's program
      2. Hijri date
      3. Community related messages
    2. Important last moment changes
    3. Communication with members
    4. Respond to Questions and Comments
    5. Email list maintenance
     
  4. Existing Membership Database
    1. Population
    2. Maintenance
    3. Policy
    4. Enter financial data
    5. End of the year financial statement
    6. Enter pledges and follow up data
    7. Change of address
    8. Enhance / Change / Improve
    9. Replicate / Safekeeping

Future Projects:

  1. Enhance Monthly Newsletter
    1. Grow in circulation by adding more members.
    2. Increase the quality of content
    3. Increase the number of pages
    4. Start getting ads from local businesses.
  2. Develop My SABA - Online Membership Database:
    1. My SABA capability is being developed for members so they can have access to their SABA related data on line in a secure and private manner. Members will be able to do the following
      1. Change and view their personal data e.g.  addresses, phone numbers, and their donations.
      2. Members will be able to generate their own donation receipts via internet.
    2. My SABA will also provide ease of use to the SABA data-base administrator by providing the following capabilities.
      1. Adding new members
      2. Simplify queries like
        1. monthly newsletter addresses
        2. Out of area phone numbers
        3. In area phone numbers
        4. Members payment data
      3. Automatic Year end financial summary for members
      4. Data replication / duplication
      5. Consolidate Membership database and Email database. Weekly email addresses will be extraced from the member database for any email communications.

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