Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Profiles of list participants

[Mmariner (Mmariner]

I second Joani's wish for  a profiles list.  From time to time, I've copied
info from a posting into my FileMaker Pro database, but it's very sketch --
just trying to get contact people for various groups.

I don't have time to do the work, but I can provide some computer consulting
to whoever can do the work.

The simplest, least structured way would be to simply copy a paragraph such
as the one Joani sent about herself into a word processing document.  People
could use the "find" or "search" feature to search for key words in the
document.

But, if people wanted more of a database that would serve more purposes, the
data would need to be structured, not just typed in a paragraph so that a
macro program (such as QuickKeys on the Mac) could be used to build the
fields of a database.  A blank form would be sent that looks like this
(several more fields including a "notes field):

first name:
last name:
Address1:
Address2:
City:
State:
Zip:
Cohousing status:
Cohousing membership:

So, that's my contribution.  Hope somebody runs with it.

MikeM