When Wendy took over as secretary of Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club they didn’t have a cohesive system in place. “Nothing was integrated. It was just a hodge-podge of different platforms like Google forms and groups and various spreadsheets that were all managed by different people. Nothing was ever up-to-date, and things got overlooked,” Wendy says of the Tauranga based clubs prior operations.
They started looking for a management system that could do everything they wanted without too much fuss. When they saw Friendly Manager’s club management system it looked to have everything that was needed, so they decided to give it a try. Wendy comments, “Transitioning on to Friendly Manager was an easy process.” The team of Friendly Manager onboarders assisted getting the system customised for their club and the website set up and ready to go.
The key features that now make life easy for the Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club are:
- Easy access to all club member information
- A website that looks great
- An effective and simple communication system
- Easy invoicing
Friendly Manager has allowed Wendy and their treasurer to do their jobs with a lot more efficiency than before. This gives them more time to work on making great rowing experiences for their members.
Now Wendy comments, “I would advise any club with a decent sized membership to use the Friendly Manager club management system. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff of this company. They are always very helpful whenever we have problems - and usually the problems are “user error” rather than the software!”
