Welcome to Tech Planner, your theatre project management solution. As working theatre artists, we grew tired of shuffling between multiple programs to manage every area of a production. Project management programs available on the market were not tailored to the unique needs of theatre. We needed a better solution.

Tech Planner is a web based project management application. It helps to organize and facilitate the theatre process and generate useful paperwork. You no longer need to use numerous applications to manage your theatre; Tech Planner will do it all.

Tech Planner is not just for Technical Directors and Production Managers. We have found that Tech Planner is also very useful for Prop Masters, Master Electricians, and Charge Artists. Future Phases of Tech Planner will include tools for Stage Management, Costumes, and every other area of the Theatre. This application will help you manage your theatrical productions from beginning to end--assisting in budgeting, actualizing, purchases and income. It also handles material, labor, and stock items tracking, as well as a fully integrated Calendar and Contacts.


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Chad Lowell
   President Tech Planner

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	Recent Updates - to provide you with the most up to date bug fixes as well as added features.
	Friday, March 27, 2008 Actualizing Tree View : You spoke and we listened. Tech Planner will now calculate a projected estimate for Budget, Man Hours, and Labor; then display the information in an easy to read report that we like to call, the Actualizing Tree View. Enjoy! Tuesday, March 10, 2008 GENERAL UPDATES : We're not only testing Tech Planner constantly but also using it in our own productions. Through testing and usage we've found many small bugs and needed features; so have now made many of those updates. Tech Planner should be running smoother and better than ever before! Log Objects : Added "Hourly Wage" to the logged hours section. Employees : Existing users now show up as Employees as well. Tuesday, January 27, 2008 : Tech Planner is up and running! Signup now! Wednesday, January 15, 2008 Calendar and Employees : We are currently testing our Calendar and Employees section and will soon release it to all our customers. For a sneak peak feel free to view an example of a Public Calendar, a Month View of events that cannot be edited. We're very excited about these new features and can't wait to show you! Saved View Manager : Many of our report pages have a section to change View Options. Now you can easily save and manage these views. Navigation Bar : Tech Planner can work in multiple windows and tabs concurrently. To make it easier to open pages in a new tab or window, simple hold CTRL or Open Apple when you click on one of Tech Planner's pages, an it will be opened in a new window or tab. Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Materials List : It seems unnecessary to go back and forth between New Materials List and Vendor's Materials, so we've combined the two and renamed the page as Materials List. Budget and Bid : We've realized that the term "Budget" might be confusing, so we've decided to refer to a Budget as something that's been given to you, and a Bid as the calculations you are making. Budget Tree View : Added a Default Hourly Rate feature. Now you no longer have to re-enter the same hourly rate over and over. Budget Tree View : Because the Budget Line Summary was slowing things down, we decided to remove it from the BTV. However, we've fixed it and now it's back. Monday, December 22, 2008 Tech Planner is pleased to announce that beta testing for phase one and two are complete. Tech Planner helps to organize and facilitate the theatre process and generate useful paperwork. This application will help you manage your theatrical productions from beginning to end--assisting in budgeting, actualizing, purchases and income. It also handles material, labor, and stock items tracking, as well as a fully integrated Calendar and Contacts. You no longer need to use numerous applications to manage your theatre; Tech Planner will do it all. Unfortunately, an end to beta testing means that the free demo period will come to a close. As of January 1, 2009 all free accounts will be turned off. Below is our pricing chart. If you are interested in continuing to use Tech Planner to manage your organization, please reply back to this email and I will be happy to sign you up for one of our packages. As an initial beta tester, Tech Planner would like to offer a 10% discount for anyone who signs up before January 1st. If you renew after the first of the year, we will still be able to retrieve your existing account. However, we encourage you to renew early to take advantage of uninterrupted service and the discounted price. Tech Planner Subscription Shows* Space Users Cost/Year Package 1 10 15 Mb 5 $100.00 Package 2 25 40 Mb 10 $250.00 Package 3 50 75 Mb 50 $500.00 Package 4 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited $1,200.00 *Show amounts are based off of average size shows. Accounts with a great deal of information will take more memory resulting in fewer shows, and smaller shows will yield additional space. Add Ons Users An addition of 5 users $5.00 An addition of 20 users $10.00 An addition of 50 users $20.00 Space An addition of 10 Mb $75.00 Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Last View : Tech Planner will now remember the way you had your Grids sorted and Tree Views aligned. Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Log Expense/Income : Improved input methods to allow Expense/Income Item deletion. Log Expense/Income : Added an error handling system to ensure data is kept in spite of user input errors. Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Materials : To account for the most recent prices on materials, we've created a new system to determine a Material's Best Price. Now the best price is the lowest price entered in the last week. This can account for a sudden increase in lumber, but still keep last month's numbers. Budget Tree View : Update Material Prices - What happens if material prices change and you need to see it implemented in the Budget Tree View. Simple, click on the Show, Group, Unit, Item, Task, or Material itself and use the new Update Material Price function. Every material beneath will be updated according to the best possible price. Budget Line Report : The Budget Line Spent report now considers both Expenses made and Income taken. Monday, November 24, 2008 General : We've seen the need to introduce labor budgeting as well as material budgeting. General : While implementing changes, we've fixed many smaller bugs. Budget Line Report : The former Budget Line Report is now the Budget Line Calculated Report. We've seen the need to look at your the budget you're planning to use for each Budget Line as well as the budget spent. The former Budget Line Report is now known as the Budget Line Spent Report and is found under the Actualizing and Accounting section. Summer 2008 PHASE II : We're currently developing Phase II of Tech Planner which will integrate Calendars, Crews, Contacts and much much more. Please stay tuned for future updates and the Beta release of Phase II!! Monday, October 6, 2008 Receipts : You can now remove the ability to Read/Write Receipt Reconciliation. Saturday, August 16, 2008 Log Income : Now you can log your Theatre's Income as well as Receipts. Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Budget Tree View : Fixed bug that hindered Drag and Drop functionality. Log Receipts : Implemented Reconciliation and a View Options filter. Saturday, August 2, 2008 Cross Browser : Not everyone wants to use Firefox, so we've worked to ensure that Tech Planner is "Cross Browser", meaning it is works on all Internet Browsers. However, we still feel that the Open Source ideology of Firefox makes it a superior product and recommend using it over other browsers. Friday, July 25, 2008 Accounts : We've done a slight overhaul to Tech Planner's accounts and we're pretty excited about the implications. The changes you'll see and what they mean are as follows: Usernames : We're now asking that all Users use their email addresses for their Usernames. This is advantageous because it ensures the validity of all Tech Planner users, thereby increasing security. But more importantly, it ensures that all Users can take advantage of the upcoming features of Phase II which will include many email invitations, reminders, and alerts. Accounts : In preparation for future accounts and the upgrading of current accounts, we've integrated Account Information. This allows you to see information pertaining to the Tech Planner Subscription you've purchased or are currently testing. Usage Meter : When we begin charging for Tech Planner, we will determine price in accordance to the actual Computer Harddrive Space allotted on our server. Part of your account information includes a usage meter so you can always see how much space you've actually used. Multiple Accounts : We recognize that someone might require access to multiple Tech Planner accounts. For example, a free lance designer might need to use five different theatre's Tech Planner accounts. To accommodate this, we've made it possible for you, as the Account Administrator to invite existing uses. That user can then access your account in accordance with the permissions you've set in Tech Planner's Permissions Manager page. My Homepage : Tech Planner contains an abundance of information, and the types of data it can manage is only growing. So to help you keep track of what's important to you today, we've created My Homepage, a hub of all things Tech Planner. From here you can manage your account and personal information, see upcoming events, message other users. Of course as Tech Planner grows, this page will become increasingly advantageous. Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Price Breakdown : You can now choose to have a Report created with All Tasks, Tasks with a Budget, or Tasks with Materials. Budget Line Report : We added a "Save View" feature to help you re-create your favorite Reports. Actualize Tree View : This Tree View now shows Materials Spent and Hours Logged. View Options : Many pages have a new and improved 'View Options' Window Thursday, June 26, 2008 Firefox 3 : We're proud to announce compatibility with Firefox version 3. Monday, June 9, 2008 Printing : We've improved the printing of pages with Grids so the "Edit" column no longer appears. Sessions : A bug has been fixed that seems to log a user out randomly. Material Inventory : The method by which Tech Planner tracks Receipts, Materials in Inventory, and Logged Materials has been improved. Now, when changing or deleting one, effects will be seen throughout. This should provide more accurate reports and tracking. Friday, June 6, 2008 SPEED : It's like we put High Octane Racing Fuel into Tech Planner. Enjoy!!! Reports : Create custom Headers and Footers in your reports. Even include images from the web! Permissions Manager : It's up and running! As the Account Admin, you are now able to control access to all of your users. Saved Views : Refreshing your page is no longer a problem. Tech Planner remembers your View Options. Actualizing Tree View : Take a glance at how each Object compares in terms of Estimated/Calculated/Spent Budgets. Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Permissions Manager : We've begun adding a Permissions Manager feature. Account Administrators can now grant/revoke access to their users. Saved Views : In the next few days, we'll be implementing the ability to save your View Options. Futhermore, Tech Planner will automatically recall your last View Options preferences. Budget Lines : When allocating Materials, you can now specify the Budget Line to which they will be assigned. General Note : A few bugs have been found and fixed throughout Phase 1. Saturday, May 31, 2008 General Note : Tech Planner is devoting this summer to improving what you have already seen and implementing many new features. Google Gears : We're beginning to use a piece of software called Google Gears. This Firefox add-on will allow Tech Planner to save your data on your computer resulting in much faster page loading and in the future, the ability to use Tech Planner offline! So when Tech Planner asks you to install Google Gears, say "Yes!" and see the improvements. New Grids : The old form of our Grids were too slow, so we made new ones from scratch. We hope you find them much faster and more enjoyable. Printing : Many of our pages now have a Printer Friendly option. To use this, just press the "Print" button on the top right hand portion of your screen. Dates and Filters : Many of the pages have new and improved Date and Filter abilities. This will be extra nice as we begin to add our Calendar section. Shopping List : We've added an amazing feature to help create your shopping lists; the Material Condensor. This function will take all your cuts for a given material, figure out the best way to get all those cuts from the raw material, then tell you exactly the number of sheets or sticks you will need. It even accounts for Kerf! Budget Tree View : We've fixed a lot of bugs on this page in the last few months and now added some important features. Google Gears : Your entire Show can now be saved on your computer for faster loading and offline editing. Selected Object Saving : If you and a co-worker are editing the same show, now you can select the part you created, and save just that section without destroying your friend's work. Syncronization : Tech Planner now periodically checks for updates to your show. Choose to sync up your work or stay with what you're doing. Reports : We've listened to your requests and re-created many of the reports. Hopefully they are more clear, concise, and helpful to your organization. Much More! : There are many improvements, small and large, too many to tell here. We hope you enjoy them and are excited for what's to come! Friday, March 14, 2008 Budget Tree View : Fixed bug with vertical scroll bars. Now you can expand your entire show and scroll down to see all the elements. Thursday, March 13, 2008 Materials/Vendors List : Improved system to make it easier and quicker to use. Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Budget Line Reports : Created Budget Line Reports Budget Lines : Added "Show Specification" ability. Budget Tree View : Fixed bug to allow "Drag-and-Drop" on an object's name as well as its icon. Budget Tree View : Added alternating font colors to help distinguish the heirarchy. Monday, March 10, 2008 Introductions : Updated introductions to better resemble the purpose/intent of sections. Receipt Window : Added "Budget Line Carry Over" logic to make assume Budget Line intent. Transaction Register Report : Now displays only the Master Transaction Register with the option to filter dates. Sunday, March 2, 2008 Log Hours : Log Hours is now called "Log Objects". Because you can now log both hours and materials in this page, track data by way of grid, and edit logging done, this is now considered to be the main actualizing page. Monday, February 25, 2008 Introductions : Updated the introductions per Joel's text Materials List : Updated the Default Materials List per Allen's list Thursday, February 21, 2008 Show Summary : Fixed "Update" bug. Sorry Joel Master Page : Added "Reports" section in navigation bar Work List Spreadsheet : Finalized Editable Cell logic. Actualizing is now possible via the Spreadsheet Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Budgeting Tree View : Added "Include in Show" to allow for different Object Options Season/Show Summaries : Updated the Summary and Open Function Materials List : Updated Import and allow Multi-Delete Work List Spreadsheet : Added Editable Cell logic Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Budgeting Tree View : Re-allowed Ampersands in text Budgeting Tree View : Fixed bug in Material's Calculation Budgeting Tree View : Finished the Min/Max workers with the Estimated Total Hours Budgeting Tree View : This section should be up and running! Monday, February 11, 2008 Budgeting Tree View : Added Contingency for objects Show - Task Budgeting Tree View : Added ability to add partial quantities in materials Budgeting Tree View : Created collapsable section in the object info window Budgeting Tree View : Added ability to add partial quantity in man hours Help : Created Help Popup logic. Allen will be populating content Navigation Bar : Continueing to reorganize in order to create most intuitive process Intro Pages : Added what was provided Web Page : Created the portal webpage