Cash ledger reports

[Dave Smith]

Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On 2/3/07, Dave Smith <dave.smith at tstt.net.tt> wrote:
>> >>> Well, gnucash does have a bunch of reports.. Have you tried them?
>> >>
>> >> Yes, I've looked at them all. They suit our purposes internally but
>> >> the the legal requirements of our Trade Union legislation which is
>> >> very old and doesn't seem to have heard of computers.
>> >
>> > Silly "formatting legislation"..  :)
>>
>> I think we will campaign to change the law because we don't have the
>> programming skills. It's a stupid law anyway.
> 
> Alternatively, depending upon the resources of your union, you might
> consider paying a programmer to create the report. I suspect it might
> not be a difficult job if you find a person already familiar with
> scheme.
> 
> Another option might be to ask at a local university if they could
> appoint a student intern to the task. They would be working for class
> credit and the reimbursement would be worked out between you and the
> department.
> 
> If you pay for a report, it's up to you whether to release it
> publicly, though that might be nice, too...
> 
That's an interesting suggestion that I had not thought of. I'll do some 
work on that. If I make any progress then I'll put a note on this 
mailing list. We support Open Source software so if we can develop 
anything we would make it available.

Dave