Today I launched two websites for Kip Zurcher, Lambda Chi Alpha’s chief operating officer. KipZurcher.com will be Kip’s new blog, while wiki.kipzurcher.com will be a site for he and board members to use for projects.
Category Archives: Fraternity
Duke Expansion Visit
Co-workers Otten, Lodolo, and I just finished a 24-hour expansion visit to Duke University. I don’t normally make visits like this, but we though having a native along would help. I hope it did, for Lambda Chi Alpha hasn’t been on Duke’s campus since 1969.
Using Word to Extract Email Addresses
Today I was given a 150-page MS Word document and was asked to pull out all of the email address within the document and place them into a MS Excel file. Since the email addresses were imbedded throughout the document’s text, I couldn’t just sort, cut, and paste them. I needed to find a way …
Raiser’s Edge Training
Last week was spent in training: learning Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge. Lambda Chi has been using RE for about 10 years now. We’re getting ready to upgrade from version 6 to version 7. Sadly, I’m not very impressed with the upgrade. But we will put to use some of the new features. Last Monday, my date …
50th General Assembly
Lambda Chi Alpha’s 50th General Assembly was a success. It wore out me and the rest of the staff, but it was a success. Our 550 members had a great time, learned a lot, and debated a good deal of legislation. The best description of my, and the rest of the staff’s, involvement would be …