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

Sun Jun 22 16:33:12 UTC 2014

Membership Management would require becoming a Member.  Can this be tied
into a Shopping Cart (for "buying" and creating the membership -- and
implement a package type for the membership and associated pricing and
schedule)?

Eg:

Space 1:
Sign up can be Magento Community Edition:

This site has the checkout and purchase of the membership.  memberships are
recurring monthly subscriptions.

This site has the account management.

Terms:
Member - a user (username, password, profile)
Package - a package type (price, features of package [access to what
content])

Space 2:
Login area can be Drupal:

This site has the content.

Space 3:
Landing Page - Sign up (Go to Magento Site and Checkout) or Go to Drupal
Site and Login

-----------

You can use an API to hook the accounts in magento to the accounts in
drupal and vice-versa.

Yes?

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 11:56 AM, heath rezabek <heath.rezabek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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