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From: "Jill N. Crandell" <>
Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Which Utah temples accept FORs?
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:00:57 -0600
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Robert wrote:
I was amazed to learn that Provo can print cards from an NFS FOR. Are there
other Utah/Idaho temples that can do that? Draper?

Robert,
I can't answer your question specifically, but I can tell you the thought
process behind what is happening. In Utah, the members go to any number of
temples--not just the temple in their temple district. To roll-out NFS by
temple district wouldn't work very well, because a member in the Provo
district could just as easily attend the Mt. Timpanogos temple and have
problems if it was not on the system yet. The same problem would exist with
Salt Lake, Bountiful, Jordan River, Draper, etc. The thought was that Utah
would almost need to be released at once, as a whole, and the system might
not handle the load very well.

There are two halves to the roll-out. One is the equipment and the temples
going onto the new system, the other is the membership going onto the
system. What is happening is that the temples are quietly setting up the
equipment so that they can handle FORs in addition to the TempleReady
system, and the membership half is being rolled out one stake at a time.
This way, programmers can watch how the system handles the load one stake at
a time, and members of a rolled-out stake won't have problems going to any
temple that they typically attend.

I have been quite impressed with the problem-solving that has gone on with
this entire process. Solutions have been rather creative as this whole
release has progressed. I would say that if you need to know if a specific
temple has their equipment set up, give them a call. I don't expect public
announcements on that half of the roll-out.

Jill Crandell

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