SUBDIVISION YARD LIGHT IS OUT, YOU NEED TO FIX IT
Yard lights in our subdivision are the only means of illumination and residents are required by the covenants to keep working. As chairman of the architectural committee, one of my volunteer efforts includes driving around twice a year and record any address with a non-working light. Next step is to associate those addresses with a name on our membership list. Once that is completed, the list (excel spreadsheet) is uploaded to a service who mails a postcard to each address. With 435 potential addresses, this is a semi-annual burden.
With all the modern technology and Experts available, I am confident there must be a way to help automate this project.
With all the modern technology and Experts available, I am confident there must be a way to help automate this project.
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Eirman
A further thought .... It would be even easier to design your Access database to just print Mailing labels.
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All the yard lights require a working photo electric switch to provide dusk to dawn operation. We typically drive around the neighborhood well after dusk which makes it obvious when a light is non-functional.
We have found leaving a notice at the door has its problems. Notices need to be addressed to the dwelling owner. People to rent simply ignore the notices. Owners are subject to fines.
Eirman, I like your idea about using the database. Provided we can create a method of quickly locating the approperate database record as we drive along, seems like using an Access database to print mail labels might just be the solution. Last inspection yielded 85 outages.
We have found leaving a notice at the door has its problems. Notices need to be addressed to the dwelling owner. People to rent simply ignore the notices. Owners are subject to fines.
Eirman, I like your idea about using the database. Provided we can create a method of quickly locating the approperate database record as we drive along, seems like using an Access database to print mail labels might just be the solution. Last inspection yielded 85 outages.
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Using a database to track outages and print mailing labels for postcard notifications or provide data to an outsource mailing service seems like a viable solution.
All the yard lights require a working photo electric switch to provide dusk to dawn operation.I should thought of that possibility.
I would use a rough map of each street and put an X against each offending property during the drive around.
Then back at the office. it should be easy enough to mark the appropriate properties in the database.
Thanks for the points.