Reality Bytes - park and recreation management software - Brief Article

Parks & Recreation, June, 1999

Used by nearly 1,000 organizations, RecWare by Sierra Digital Inc. offers value, technological superiority, and flexibility to parks and recreation management professionals. RecWare offers two solutions in recreation software -- RecWare Pro and RecWare SAFARI -- which will allow professionals to automate their park and recreation department with Internet registration, scanner registration, fax registration, activity registration, day-camp registration, facility reservation, membership management, and league scheduling. For technological superiority at the best price, you needn't look any further than RecWare by Sierra Digital Inc.

Escom Software Services Ltd., a trusted name in facility and customer management solutions, has just released Class[TM] Express, a new generation of leisure management software designed specifically for the smaller community or agency. Class Express features all the superior traits of its industry-renowned parent Class: the rich functionality, unrivaled customer care, and the low-risk solution that recreation and sport agencies have come to trust. The only difference is that this new generation is designed specially to make small communities' management a whole lot simpler and a lot more affordable.

Developed by Strategic Resources Inc., Booklt[TM] is one of the first Web-based parks and recreation software suites in the world -- and one of the first to integrate bookings and registration by phone, kiosk, Internet, and wireless technology, as well as bank-certified electronic commerce, in a single package.

All access media are user-friendly, fast, and efficient, permitting 24-hour-a-day operation. Encrypted communications with the server guarantee security, and public or Internet versions function differently from staff or internal versions, guaranteeing confidentiality of information. With its open architecture, SRI's Booklt[TM] is operating-system independent.

Vermont Systems Inc. features an extensive line of parks and recreation management software:

RecTrac! A complete management software system with totally integrated modules including activity registration, facility reservation, league scheduling, pass management, point of sale/inventory/tickets, court reservations, trips, equipment and locker rentals, and accident reporting.

MainTrac! A comprehensive maintenance management system that automates parks and recreation or public works functions by tracking labor, equipment, materials, and contract costs used to maintain trees, facilities, vehicles, and landscaping. This software system includes personnel management; facilities, vehicle/equipment, and landscaping maintenance; inventory; and systems administration.

Other Vermont Systems software packages include GolfTrac! TeleTrac! FinTrac! and PerForm!

Trims Software International Inc. offers grounds management software systems that can help save money and time by closely monitoring costs, inventory, daily workload, facility and equipment maintenance/repair, and employee productivity.

Since 1986, Trims has been providing professionals with an extensive system that allows them to organize, track, report, and manage people, equipment, property, chemicals, expenses, and time. To date, there are more than 1,800 Trims systems being used by recreation facilities, parks, municipalities, golf courses, resorts, and universities around the world.

Trims newest grounds management software, released this month, has been developed in partnership with parks superintendents and turf industry professionals. Loaded with innovations, it has been enhanced to increase efficiency and productivity.

Active Arts TournamentBuilder[R] software is for coaches, league coordinators, athletic directors, and anyone who is responsible for planning and directing sports tournaments. The program is designed to build, edit, and update sports tournament brackets, award certificates, team rosters, and registration forms. Released in 1997, TournamentBuilder was selected as the official tournament software system of the 1998 Nike World Masters Games in Portland, Ore. The software is currently used at more than 250 major colleges and universities around the world and is designed for coaches, team managers, league administrators, intramural coordinators, and parks and recreation directors.

Kidasa Software announces Milestones Simplicity and Milestones Etc., two software packages that feature incredible intuitiveness, unmatched flexibility, and much better graphic output than traditional project management software. For 10 years, Kidasa Software has provided an easier, more realistic approach to project management.

Fast, easy, and powerful, Milestones Simplicity and Milestones Etc. allow for the creation of presentation-quality Gantt charts, milestone charts, and project schedules. Etc. includes the ability to import and export with other project management software, as well as track or report cost and manpower.