Ginny Jones wrote:
>Dwight  - after the first year, we found it took far less time and
resources to post the information to a spreadsheet.  Because the
information is kept and used in a database, searching for and printing
copies of each item took more staff time than keeping track on a
spreadsheet throughout the year.

Thanks for the clarification, Ginny. We had a very similar situation arise
with foreclosed property listings - it was simply easier to compile them
into a regular report as opposed to responding to each inquiry with
existing data systems.

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Dwight Wallis, CRM
Multnomah County Records Management & Distribution Services Manager
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Portland, OR 97233
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