Clients can only replicate with a server. If multiple clients replicate with a server, everyone's changes eventually end up on everyone's personal copy of the database. The other alternative to local replicas is that everyone works off of the same server copy of the database. Each of these Ids will have an email account and any additional accounts will require the congregation to purchase additional Notes licenses. The freedom of information act may restrict the type of data we capture and how we request that data.
Someone needs to look into the implications.
Wherever there is mail merge capabilities, provide a way to sort the selected documents by postal code prior to generating the mail merge file All mailing address fields must be entered according to Canada Post standards, especially for large mailings. In the scenario of large mailings, too many incorrectly formatted addresses result in financial penalties If Canada Post has a standard we may be able to force data entry rules so that certain values are entered correctly. It really depends on the rule and if the rules are the same for all types of mailings. As for postal codes, one approach is to have a scheduled agent running on the server that could check against a postal code table for all Canadian addresses. All users of the contact list would see any updates it makes.