                       INTRODUCTION  

CV-Schedule ("Church Volunteer Scheduler") is a program for
automatically scheduling the volunteers who help at Church.
It is typically used to make service schedules for Ushers,
Greeters, Choir, Organist, Musicians, Eucharistic Ministers,
Lectors or Readers, Altar Servers, Offertory Family,
Nursery Attendants, and any other Ministries that are needed
at Church Service or Mass.
  
It only takes CV-Schedule a few seconds to compile schedules
that would take many hours of work by hand. It can
coordinate Family Ministries, dual Ministries, and other
scheduling options that would be virtually impossible to
manage with by-hand scheduling.
  
The scheduling is done using a flexible set of rules that
can be customized to fit the requirements of your Church and
of individual volunteers. Scheduling options available for
each volunteer and family include:
* Avoid splitting the family between 2 Masses/Services on
  any weekend
* Always serve together as a Family Ministry
* Serve together as a Family Ministry whenever convenient
* Baby-sitter option: Husband and wife will not be scheduled
  together
* Serve every week
* Serve more or less often than normal
* "Unavailable" dates
* "Must schedule" dates
  
C-V Schedule can schedule volunteers for:
* Regular Saturday and Sunday Masses/Services
* Weekday Masses/Services
* Special Masses/Services such as Christmas Day, Ascension,
  etc.
* Any other events that occur on a regular weekly schedule
  or on a one-time basis
* Ministry sub-groups such as Lector I and Lector II, or
  Head Usher and regular Usher
  
This program gives you Schedules and Sign-In Sheets that are
ready to view and print using your word processor and
computer printer. There is no need to transfer information
by hand to a paper form.
  
CV-Schedule will work for Catholic or Protestant Churches or
other organizations.  The names of your Church meetings
(Mass, Service, etc.) and Ministry names can be fully
customized.

A Database Manager is integrated with CV-Schedule to create
and manage the four databases used: Ministry Database,
Mass/Service Database, Personnel Database, and Formats
Database.

I am offering CV-Schedule as Charityware, which means you
can try it at no charge for up to 6 months to see if it
meets the needs of your Church. If it does not meet your
needs you simply stop using it and have no obligation. If
(hopefully) CV-Schedule does meet your scheduling needs, you
make a contribution to charity, register your copy of CV-
Schedule, and then can continue to use it permanently. The
recommended contribution for registration is US$0.05 per
member or parishioner of your Church, up to a maximum of
$100.00.
  
You are free (and encouraged!) to copy CV-Schedule and
redistribute it on a not-for-profit basis to other Churches
for their evaluation. Please redistribute only the
compressed file, CVSCHED.EXE, the setup utility, SETUP.EXE,
and this file, README.TXT. These contain all the files
needed to set up and run CV-Schedule.
  
The compressed file, CVSCHED.EXE, includes:
* Integrated Scheduler and Database Manager program
* 50+ page instruction manual with extensive examples and
  help sections
 
                   SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

* An IBM compatible computer with 80286 or higher processor
  (IBM AT or higher.) 
* At least 640 kilobytes of memory
* A hard disk with at least 1 megabyte free space
* Either DOS or any version of Windows is supported
* A mouse is fully supported but not required

To view and print the Schedules, Sign-In Sheets and Database
Listings generated by CV-Schedule, you need a word processor
that will import Rich Text Format (RTF) files. You probably
already have the required word processor. Most versions
(both DOS and Windows) of WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Word
Pro and Works can import RTF files.

Author:
Cliff Leitch
673 NW 111th Way
Coral Springs, FL 33071
USA
E-mail: ClifLeitch@aol.com

       INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR CV-SCHEDULE

The Setup utility, SETUP.EXE, will install all components
of CV-Schedule in a new directory, C:\CVSCHED, or another
directory you choose. It also puts a small batch file in the 
C:/DOS directory to enable starting CV-Schedule by simply 
typing "SCHEDULE". 

The command to run Setup depends on where it is located.
Examples: A:SETUP  to run Setup from the A: drive, or,
          B:SETUP  to run Setup from the B: drive, or,
          C:\DOWNLOAD\SETUP  to run Setup from the download
          directory on drive C:.

1a) If you are running Windows 3.0 or 3.1, select File, then 
Run. Type the command to run Setup (see above) then click 
the OK button.

1b) If you are running Windows 95, click the Start button,
then select Run. Type the command to run Setup (see above)
then click the OK button.
 
1c) If you are running DOS, type the command to run Setup
(see above) at the DOS prompt (>), and then press the
<Enter> key.

2) Start your word processor program, then open or import
one of the files containing the Instruction Manual:
  MANUAL.RTF is in Rich Text format.
  MAN_WP.DOC is in WordPerfect format.
  MAN_WORD.DOC is in Microsoft Word format.
(You will find these files in the directory where you
installed CV-Schedule, normally C:\CVSCHED.) It is best
to print a copy of the Manual so you will have a ready 
reference while setting up CV-Schedule.

3) Optional: If you are running Windows, see Appendix III in
the instruction manual to set up the CV-Schedule icon on the
Windows desktop.

3) Type SCHEDULE at the DOS prompt (>) to start CV-Schedule,
or, double-click the CV-Schedule icon in Windows.
