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August-September 2025 In Brief

The HIDDEN Form in Gerian was revised to work better with small screens, of less than 768px height, with the Tool menu getting a new option. Discussion was concluded with a Printwiser client for the training of two users on the Estimating module, coming up in October. Technical support was provided for a Printwiser user on the feature of switching databases in the latest version 10.5. Support work was also done on MoneyBooks modules—Sales, Payroll, Accounts Payable. In MoneyBooks Sales, non-display of signatures on the quotation report in an installation was resolved, while transaction posting issues were addressed in the other two modules.

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SFI has merged with GreatLife

On August 1, 2025, SFI President Gery Carson announced a merger with GreatLife as the final end of SFI affiliate management activities. This came as a big surprise. Affiliates were advised to join GreatLife, paying for the first month’s membership costing $49 with 19,000 Rewardicals. Although claiming to be too old at 64 years to continue managing SFI affiliates, Mr Carson did say that Eager Zebra Games (TripleClicks.com) and Rewardical.com would still be managed by him. Three new ZCredit packs were introduced in place of the former FDM memberships. So what exactly did he mean by “merger?”

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July 2025 In Brief

Technical support was provided for a client whose website crashed, bringing it back online. The initial version of Estimating Assistant was completed, our new estimating software that is a more affordable alternative to Printwiser. Several MoneyBooks modules got reviewed or upgraded—General Ledger, Data Manager, Payroll, Accounts Payable and Sales. The Payroll, Sales, AP modules got their first 2025 builds, with the Sales featuring a new multi-addressing option, while the GL got a new Petty Cash Actual List. On request, some work was also done on Google Maps editing, and online voting.

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June 2025 In Brief

Technical support was provided for a Printwiser client, while work began on a new estimating software in connection with another client request. MoneyBooks General Ledger v3.51 and Gerian Assistant v1.7 upgrades were created. For MoneyBooks GL, transaction importing from another database for a linked account was boosted with speed enhancements using a reference table. We implemented Card King win data entry features in Gerian—the Card King Win List and Card King Bonus Spin Win List—with automatic record counting and totaling features. The inquiry made by a prospect in New Zealand on our MR-Payroll for FrontAccounting was worked on, the module being installed and tested on the required FrontAccounting 2.3.19 version at our website.

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Spin wheel winnings of Card King

June 8, 2025 was an interesting day playing Card King. I got to spin the lucky wheel a few times, winning 200 Rewardicals, 15 Rewardicals and 100 ZCredits. Not counting the 100 Card King points, for the 17 months starting from February 2024, I have won a total of 48 bonus prizes. 15 Rewardicals was won the most number of 19 times, followed by 30 Rewardicals 7 times. 20 ZCredits, 50 Rewardicals and 6 ZCredits tied at third position with 4 winnings each.

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May 2025 In Brief

The next upgrade of MoneyBooks General Ledger v3.50 was done with new features for the Cash Expense List. The next v11.0.4 revision of Labelwriter upgrade was done in response to client feedback on one of the job types, including school name and optional exam date on the day label and listing reports. We got project coding work done on a client’s website as well as this Blog site. We also began looking into an inquiry made by a prospect in New Zealand on our MR-Payroll for FrontAccounting module after watching the video.

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March-April 2025 In Brief

The next upgrade of MoneyBooks General Ledger v3.5 was done with new toolbar icons and cash expense list data entry. Installation of Printwiser 10.5 was completed. Work was also done on our WEB241 custom search engine and Lemeechi StockReader. Towards the end of March, approval was received for the next 2025 upgrade of Labelwriter 11.0.3, involving three job types. The upgrade work proceeded the next few weeks to completion towards end of April.

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SFI version 2025

The most significant change in SFI of 2025 is, no more dollar commission payouts. That ended in November of 2024. Now, it is all about Rewardicals, in terms of what affiliates can get. The next is a new “flagship” product, Fun.Money, that offers “4-in-1” access to Eager Zebra Games, ECommergy, Elevation Mall and SFI itself. Rewardicals are basically benefit points obtained a number of ways, including FDM memberships, Eager Zebra Games, Badge Quest, Daily Grand and Daily Crown drawings, and more. You can then redeem or exchange them for Bitcoin, FDM memberships, ZCredits and other items.

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February 2025 In Brief

Technical support visit was made to a MoneyBooks Payroll client to resolve issues they were having. The next revisions of two MoneyBooks modules were done, General Ledger v3.44 and Data Manager v3.56. For MoneyBooks Data Manager, the query processor’s SQL History list and the Phone Call Form were enhanced. For General Ledger, copying of bank GL transactions, and importing CSV transactions were reviewed. The next upgrade of Lemeechi StockReader v1.3 was started to handle the new import data format of the target website. Two pages of our website got reviewed, along with our WEB241 custom search engine.

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Rewardicals can now be exchanged for Bitcoin

On February 18, 2025, Gery Carson announced at the SFI Forum the return of Bitcoin as an option for exchanging Rewardicals. With an exchange rate of 1,500 Rewardicals per US dollar, a minimum of $35 would be required before an exchange could be done.

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