Switching from Outlook + Excel

You are not alone. That is our most common starting point.

Most Michigan townships run their compliance work from inboxes, spreadsheets, and paper binders. We expect that. The migration is the part we own. You do not lose a week setting things up.

dekree.ai/requests/FOIA-2026-0042
Township Inboxoutlook.com
Sarah Whitman: FOIA request for roof inspections
Local journalist: Budget records 2023
Mark Lewis: Parking citation logs
FOIA-log-2026.xlsxlast edited 4d ago
A1B1C1Roof inspect4/26overdue?
Paper binder
Closet behind the desk · last audit reference: 2022
Risk

FIG. 1A typical pre-Dekree workflow: three places, six tools, no audit trail.

What we import

Your existing files become Dekree records on day one.

You do not have to clean anything up first. Send us what you have. We sort it.

Inbox handoff

Forward your township email once. Catch-all routing handles the rest.

FOIA log

Your existing Excel or Word log, parsed into Dekree records with deadlines.

Meeting calendar

Past and upcoming meetings, with notice posting history.

Document archive

Bulk import for your minutes, agendas, contracts, audit responses.

Contact list

Trustees, residents, vendors. Carries forward to communications.

Retention schedule

Michigan retention applied automatically per category at import.

The first week

From signup to "you run it" in eight days.

Day 0

Sign up. Pick your tier.

Self-serve. Five minutes. Your account is ready before lunch.

Day 1–3

We import what you have.

Send us your FOIA log, your meeting calendar, your minutes archive. Within three business days everything is in your vault and indexed.

Day 5–7

One onboarding session.

A 60-90 minute working call on your real data. We walk through your first FOIA, your first OMA notice, and your first auto-drafted minutes — together.

Day 8+

You run it.

Notices posted, FOIA responses drafted, minutes approved, retention applied. Email support stays a click away.

After

The same FOIA. One screen. One workflow.

Requests / FOIA-2026-0042

Roof inspection records 2024

Sent · audit logged
Received
Apr 26
From Sarah Whitman
Deadline
May 1
Met with 2d to spare
Reference
FOIA-2026-0042
3 documents released
Our migration promises

What we commit to during your switch.

Three business days.

From the moment we receive your data. Imports done. Records visible. Indexed. Ready.

No data left behind.

Every row in your spreadsheet, every PDF in your archive. Nothing dropped, nothing renamed without telling you.

Reversible, always.

Export everything we have on you, in a portable format, on request. No clawback if you cancel.

Ready to leave Outlook + Excel behind?

Book a 15-minute walkthrough