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2. ADDING OTHER PEOPLE TO CLUB ADMIN
Once your club is set up with an initial administrator then that person has control over the administration rights – and can give other people access.
It’s done in the Access area of the Club Administration menu:
There are two ways access can be configured here (Simple where one group of people has access to all areas, or Advanced where separate groups are created for access to separate areas). How you want to manage this is something clubs are recommended to have a look at early on.
Next Release: Full club membership management
We are currently hard at work finalising and testing the next major release due later this month aimed at giving clubs the ability to fully manage their membership list through myABF. Some of the things being added for clubs are:
• Add “Contacts” (non-members - regular visitors or beginner lesson attendees being the two obvious such groups), include them in email distributions, and later convert them to club members.
• Record your members and their details, including what date their membership is paid up to.
• Manage changes in membership (status and perhaps membership type).
• Issue membership renewals - either individually or as a bulk renewal sent to all members of the club.
• Allow members to pay for their membership online using bridge credits (automatically if the player gives permission). Other payment methods can obviously also be accommodated.
This release is also paving the way for the ABF Masterpoint centre functions (which include home club member management) to be incorporated into myABF in 2025.
We are conducting a “User Acceptance Testing” exercise in early October – thank you to those who have expressed interest in participating in that, both clubs and individuals. I look forward to working with you and obtaining your feedback.
Here’s a sneak preview of what a member’s screen looks like with the various things that can be done to manage someone’s membership:
Australian Bridge Federation Ltd. Newsletter: October 2024
As is usually the case, there are an awful lot of things that can occur with mem- berships (all of which we have to con- sider and work out how to handle!) so there’s a lot of complexity behind the scenes – but we have tried to hide that away since it won’t be relevant to most clubs for the vast majority of the time. Like the congress area, clubs will have the ability to manually override mem- bership details to accommodate unusual circumstances.
Julian Foster, myABF Manager (julian.foster@abf.com.au) Page: 23