[okfn-discuss] Open Source software for membership management?

Sun Jun 22 15:56:34 UTC 2014

SB - Drupal would work with plugins, but maintenance of the platform
(minimizing admin) will be a factor over the long run, and admin of Drupal
can be a challenge for the uninitiated.

Adam - You're quite right I believe.  This is my first experience with a
CRM, oddly enough, so I was not even aware of the term.

Civcrm looks promising...  Since they are aiming at a new membership drive
and hoping to grow, the pledge and membership management functions are
critical.  I've been looking at https://open.crowdtilt.com/ which is heavy
on the funding infrastructure and light on membership services, but there's
a spectrum...

As a reference point, the one they're starting with is
http://groupspaces.com/

I appreciate these very much; any others ppl have had particularly good
experiences with?

- Heath

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 6:53 AM, adam <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:

> This is typically what a CRM does.
>
> I know and like CiviCRM (they specifically built Civi for non profit use -
> https://civicrm.org/) but there are others.
>
> adam
>
>
>
> On 06/22/2014 12:09 PM, S B wrote:
>
>> Wouldn’t Drupal be a good framework for something like this? Perhaps
>> with a few add-ons, it should work fine.
>>
>> *From:*okfn-discuss [mailto:okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *heath rezabek
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 22, 2014 8:06 AM
>> *To:* Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
>> *Subject:* [okfn-discuss] Open Source software for membership management?
>>
>>
>> This is off topic to a degree, but does relate to open source software.
>>
>> A nonprofit I work with with is looking into moving from a manual
>> membership tracking and fulfillment system to a more scalable one.
>>
>> They're seeking platforms for taking in and managing memberships,
>> including potential payments/donations/subscriptions, but secondarily,
>> one that hosts community features such as bulletin boards, member
>> profiles, etc.  A high level of polish (or at least themability) is
>> desired.
>>
>> I'm trying to assure them that open source is the way to go for purposes
>> of data portability, but I'm shaky on open source options that exist out
>> there.
>>
>> Any favorites?
>>
>> - Heath
>>
>>
>>
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