seminar enrollment accounts software

[Steve Kane]

Oh heck. There is a good chance I'm going to be responsible for 
tracking enrollments and payments and accounting for a small company 
that will be giving seminars.

This is a startup company with no preexisting system.

I imagine there will be discounts of various kinds, prepayments, 
package deals, cancellation fees based on the number of days before the 
event, installment payments, refunds, etc, etc. etc. (Not to mention 
the possibility of enrolling or, good grief, paying via a web page).

I have used a programmable database program called Panorama for many 
years, but I can't imagine rolling my own solution in Panorama. This is 
way over my head. I couldn't flow chart it; I can barely articulate it. 
I use Panorama and Quicken and about 6 feet of file cabinets to manage 
a few rental properties, but there would be much higher volume and a 
crucial need for automation and tracking for this seminar business.

This will at first and for quite some time be a _small_ company with a 
_limited budget_ (two partners, PhDs, one is my wife, intending to 
diversify their careers). At first, I could probably manage the whole 
thing on a napkin, but it will _grow_ and it would sure be nice if it 
is well organized from the start.

Anybody know of an application designed or adaptable for this? I use a 
Mac PowerBook running Mac OS X, but I'd use a pc application if that's 
what got the job done.

(I wish I listened to my mother and majored in Business instead of 
English Lit).

TIA