Address is an important piece of information that is stored about a participant and is used in a number of different parts of the application. It is used as part of initial participant registration, as a component of setting up communications between the organization and the participant, as a component of payments and invoices to a nominee and as an element of entering contacts for participants. Address information can also be used to search for participants in the application.
Address information can be maintained for all participant types although it is optional for prospects and representatives. Address information is used to establish the destination for payments and bills issued by the organization. Check payments, voucher payments and invoices cannot be sent to a participant unless the participant's address is recorded. Address information can be used as an additional means to identify participants. It can also be used as an alternative to information like name or reference number when performing searches for participants.