Jason Pearce

At 3:00 p.m. today, Lambda Chi Alpha’s 10-year old membership management software was switched to read-only.

No longer will our staff use Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge to update our membership database. Starting next week, they will begin using iMIS by Advanced Solutions International.

This is a big change for Lambda Chi Alpha. The transition is occurring while most of the staff is out of town running our annual conference, giving JB and I the chance to close down the old system, import the data into the new system, and test.

Sure, the next few months will be bumpy with user training, learning a new system, importing missing data, writing new reports, etc. But it’s needed.

iMIS will give Lambda Chi Alpha a more flexible membership management system that will also tie to a new website, which we will begin building once our internal transition is complete.

I think today I got my first cavity.

I’m not sure, for the lady cleaning my teeth thought it was a cavity, but the dentist said “It’s not a cavity yet, but it will become one if I don’t get it filled.”

So when’s a cavity a cavity? If it’s not a cavity, then exactly what is the dentist going to fill?

Regardless, I’m 33 and have gone this long without a cavity. I think mt teeth are doing pretty good.