As of December 10th, our Statistical Data Base, EZRA, is not
ready for use. The MSC News Article of yesterday was incorrect, and I had asked
that it not run. Forgive us please.
There are required updates that must be done to ready the
Data Base for Mountain Sky Conference use and those have not been accomplished
yet.
Those updates are accomplished by the General Council on
Finance and Administration, not the Mountain Sky Conference and the issue here
is effecting all EZRA users across the USA, not just us.
It is anticipated that the update will be accomplished soon.
When EZRA is ready for access, I will ask that we (1) send
out a special email note to local church pastors and treasurers, (2) publish a
News article and (3) let the District Superintendents and Administrative
Assistants know.
A blank 2017 form for possible use is available if you send
me a note. HERE.
Yes, within limits, the due date will be changed. I don't
know yet to what as I don't know yet when it will be ready.
Suggestions as to how to do this better will be treated as
volunteer statements to help me with this task. (Smile, a little, but partially
serious.)
Dennis Shaw, Mountain Sky Statistician
