Places of Worship
Mosques, temples, churches and prayer halls are run by committees and maintained largely by volunteers, on money given in trust. That changes almost everything about how work gets reported, assigned and accounted for.
How to Keep Maintenance Records for Donated Funds
Money given in trust is held to a standard of openness rather than regulation. Here is how to keep maintenance records for donated funds so spending is defensible to the people who gave it.
A One-Page Format to Report Building Maintenance to a Mosque Committee
Committees meet rarely and read little. This is a one-page format to report building maintenance to a mosque committee that can be filled in from records in a few minutes.
How to Record That Maintenance Work Was Completed
When work is donated or done at cost there is often no invoice to prove it happened. Here is a light way to record that maintenance work was completed, with nothing more than a phone.
How to Assign Maintenance Work to Volunteers Without Nagging
You cannot direct volunteers the way you direct staff. Here is how to assign maintenance work to volunteers so jobs get picked up, and what to do with the one nobody wants.
How to Collect Maintenance Requests From Congregation Members
People report problems at a place of worship verbally, in passing, to whoever is standing nearby. Here is how to catch those reports without asking anyone to fill in a form.