[Discuss] Building a non-profit membership list?

[Bill Ricker]

Another member of this list, Eric, has open-sourced a CRM he wrote for a
non-profit, and recently announced an update here.
http://nonprofit-crm.org/2014/03/26/mneme-version-1-0-2-released/
I recently did a code review and it looks good on the inside. Unclear if it
has required features for Rich's group.

bill


On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Drew Van Zandt <drew.vanzandt at gmail.com>wrote:

> Salesforce is dreadful, but free for up to 10 users for a registered
> nonprofit.
>
> The Asylum uses EventBrite for classes etc., but we do not like it.
>
> SugarCRM community version (and cousins, e.g. vTiger) is solid and may do
> what they want, if run on a server not on the RBL.
>
> OpenERP is quite complicated, but does pretty much everything with the
> right plugins.
>
> Ping me if you have more detailed questions - the Asylum has been
> investigating this stuff for a long while, and we're finally moving into
> OpenERP, I think.
>
>
>
> *Drew Van Zandt Cam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) *
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:
>
> > I volunteered to be webmaster for a smallish non-profit (list size =
> 4000)
> > and
> > alas what they need isn't what I'm particularly well-versed in recently.
> >  Long
> > ago I did a list-management project, size=20,000, but that was with
> custom
> > software long before modern CRM evolved.
> >
> > Digging in a little, what this non-profit has trouble with is member
> > communications.  They use a crappy email relay that's listed on at least
> > one
> > of the RBL services, and they have to periodically import/export member
> > info
> > from some offline database into their email-sending service.
> >
> > I have no earthly idea what the best solutions are for this; EventBrite,
> > SalesForce, ConstantContact are probably way out of the price-league of a
> > non-profit.  So -- just wanted some advice on solving this for completely
> > non-technical people who want a piece of tech to solve this issue.
> >
> > As I see it, I need something that maintains a complete list of details
> for
> > each person, and event registration with payment processing capability
> for
> > memberships and event-signups but in a properly-secured way.  WordPress
> has
> > two completely separate plugins (WP-CRM and Events Manager) that don't
> > seem to
> > solve my problem in a way that non-tech people can grasp.
> >
> > -rich
> >
> >
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