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| Pledge and contribution | - Two Excel spreadsheets are used to track both pledges and confirmed contributions.
- The spreadsheets are shared with DRMFSS
- Donors pledge in currency amount which is then converted to tonnage using internal WFP tool which considers several variables both for local and international purchases
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| RMS Efforts | - There was a suggestion by developers of RMS to incorporate pipeline operation within DRMFSS so that donation receiving can be traced back to pledges and contributions
- The idea was not well received since there is no single individual within DRMFSS with that role
- Pipeline feature was left out of RMS
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| Implications to CATS | - The core of CATS (Accounting Patterns in CATS) is based on the assumption that only weight value in MT is going to be used for generating statistics and reports
- The conversion process from currency amount into tonnage poses a high risk in the accuracy of figures within CATS
- The decision wether to record pledges inside transactions table in CATS or not will require the revision of CATS accounting pattern design
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