I encouraged it when I was a secretary.
I gave each book study overseer a paper copy of a list generated by my database .... they could either turn it in to me with the paper slips or some of them said they wanted it via email and they could email it back...it was great... I could always pick up the paper copies for back up at the next meeting.
fairly soon, i had the technically capable publishers emailing the overseers individually and the technically capable overseers emailing me collective lists....
either way, I only had 5 group lists not 100 individual slips to deal with. I kept he slips for a few months as back up for the CO who insisted on them. I had one elder (ironically a former secretary) that resisted the whole arrangement at first. I told him "you of all people should like this arrangement you used to be a secretary",...... he wanted me to deal with 100 people instead of him dealing with 15 or 20. I told him "go be a shepherd"...lol
soooo glad I dont deal with those children anymore. I would be a lousy manager.
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