New - Medusa, the all-in-one solution specifically designed for sailing club membership management

March 28, 2011 - PRLog -- Designed by sailors for sailors, Medusa from Sailing Club Software is a new, easy to use solution for managing sailing clubs that addresses all membership, duties and sailing requirements including boat registration.

Medusa comes from the same team that developed the popular DutyMan online system for sailing club duty rosters, and is available now to purchase or trial.  More information at www.sailingclubsoftware.com

The development team includes Mike and Sue Jarman, both formerly of IBM and keen sailors; John Barber, sailor [and safety officer for the 2010 Laser World Championships] and Richard Creer, computer programmer and regular participator in sailing events in the Solent.

Medusa (MEmbership, DUties and SAiling) has all the features required to run a typical club, including a properly-structured membership database, financial accounting, duty allocation and boat registration.

Annual membership renewals often entail much work for hard-pressed club officers. Medusa streamlines and automates the process and creates a personalised renewal notice for each member. An option allows for renewals to be emailed, saving both time and money for the club.

“Medusa not only keeps track of what boats belong to which members, it also knows the boat park slots or moorings they occupy,” says Mike Jarman. “In addition, it maintains a history file of boat ownership so, if you are wondering who that abandoned Laser belongs to, Medusa may well be able to tell you.”

Duty allocation is another time-consuming task, yet a good duty roster is essential for the smooth running of many sailing clubs. Medusa provides a high level of automation by keeping track of availability, skills and qualifications, relationships and preferences, so that users can quickly allocate the best person to every duty.

Medusa is well integrated with DutyMan, enabling both duty rosters and member records to be synchronised. This means that, when members update their contact details in DutyMan on the web, the changes are automatically replicated in Medusa.

“Reporting is an important feature of Medusa because it is the key to a club understanding its membership,” says John Barber. “So, if you want to know who sails a Solo, lives locally and has no power boat qualification, Medusa can dig them out. And then it can send them a personalised letter or email inviting them to the next power boat training course.”

User acceptance trials

Says Richard Creer, "We have been putting Medusa through user acceptance trials for the past two years.  Thanks to the invaluable help of clubs in our early-experience programme, we have been able to fine-tune and enhance our initial concept. Now we are confident that Medusa is ready for general release to meet the IT needs of many sailing clubs."

He adds, “Sailing clubs are complex organisations needing to maintain accurate and up-to-date records of members and their skills, qualifications, interests, boats and more. Medusa is specifically designed to manage, control and simplify the running of clubs.

“And, crucially, it’s flexible enough encompass the many and varied ways that sailing clubs are organised.”

Comprehensive documentation and ample friendly technical support are on hand to guide new users through the critical installation phase. To find out more and register for a free trial visit www.sailingclubsoftware.com or call John Barber on 07400 556487.

About Sailing Club Software

Sailing Club Software was founded by sailors for sailors to provide easy to use and affordable computer and internet-based services and solutions to the sailing fraternity. The firm is based in Emsworth, Hampshire and boasts a global user base of sailing clubs for its popular DutyMan online system [www.dutyman.biz]

For further information please contact John Barber, Sailing Club Software, Tel +44 (0)7400 556487 or contact via the website: Web: http://www.sailingclubsoftware.com