Until the mid 1990’s all our membership, flying and account data was paper based. Just imagine the time it used to take, for example:

• taking data from paper logs, to prepare and post paper based statements each month to members; and then
• to manually take informatoin from bank statements to update paper based member account records!

The Club’s current computer data system has been developed, by Club members, over some 30 years. It now comprises a set of integrated programs (modules by another name) written mostly in MS Access and Excel. This dedicated website was added recently.

It is no exageration to say that:

• our Club has one of the best, if not THE best, data system of all UK gliding club’s and quite posisbly even further afield; and
• as a result, both members and the Management Committee have excellent information readily to hand to manage their affairs.

Plans are afoot gradually to move in a phased transition, over a period of years, from a largely PC based data system to a cloud base one. This website is the first step in that direction. Coupled to that is work now in progress to manage student SPL training records, currently paper based.