Thanks for your response.  Obviously, by not fixing this problem, Intuit is trying to force exactly that.  I do not wish to make mining my data easier for Intuit, nor to be dead in the water if I am in a place with marginal internet.

As to switching to another package, I would be all for that. Do you have a suggestion for another desktop package that has good functionality for NPOs?

Thanks again for your time and for sharing your experience.