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Fifth Annual CIMS User Group Conference a Success

Funeral Industry News November 5, 2010

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On October 7, 2010, more than 40 cemeterians from seven states gathered at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells for Ramaker & Associates? fifth annual CIMS (Cemetery Information Management System) User Group Conference.

This conference was created to assist CIMS clients in getting the most from their software and for the software developers to receive first-hand feedback from CIMS clients to help improve the software. Attendees began the morning learning tips for using all of the CIMS software programs and discussing the CIMS Dispatch, the bi-monthly CIMS newsletter. They concluded the morning session learning about cemetery restoration and witching from guest speaker Ralph Hendersin of Sparta, Wisconsin.

After lunch, the day continued with a presentation by Tom