[Linux-aus] MemberDB is a great short term solution, but we need a broader rethink

[Tim Ansell]

As Stewart mentioned, rewriting from scratch takes a lot of extra effort
and I don't think LA has the resources for that type of task. There is a
lot more to a conference management system then it first seems like. Plus
anything which deals with billing gets complicated fast (writing a billing
system seems to be a right of passage for become a real "grumpy old
programmer" :).

If people really do want to replace ZooKeepr (which I'm not sure is
*actually* the case) its worth checking out Symposion used by PyCon US and
other conferences (http://eldarion.com/symposion/) and contributing to
that. The big problem with Symposion is that it has been highly North
America focused and hence probably missing things needed by an Australian
conference.

Tim 'mithro' Ansell


On 28 January 2015 at 13:52, Stewart Smith <stewart at flamingspork.com> wrote:

> Michael Cordover <la at mjec.net> writes:
> > On 16 January 2015 at 14:39, Kathy Reid <kathy at kathyreid.id.au> wrote:
> >> While this is a great short term solution, I think we should (in
> parallel)
> >> discuss and debate a MemberDB replacement, likely something like
> CiviCRM.
> >> This is a bit more work and effort, but I think would have good long
> term
> >> returns, and address the pressing need for targeted member
> communications.
> >
> > On this, I think it would be useful to do some project scoping - not
> > just around membership, but around all of the web-based systems we are
> > thining of upgrading. I know there's also been talk of a zookeepr
> > upgrade/rewrite. There are also probably other needs we should be
> > considering: other LA events, potential lobbying/other LA activities,
> > grants, Mailman 3 integration, Hurd compatibility etc etc etc.
> >
> > The first step here would be wishlisting *everything*, and then
> > scoping it down into actual projects, then commencing work. Strategic
> > planning, yo.
>
> The important thing to keep in mind is that this is all volunteer
> work. Zookeepr has been by volunteers from 2007 to get to where it is
> today.
>
> It would be a big judgement call to do a rewrite rather than incremental
> change - a lot of effort goes into getting all the basics again,
> something that occured about 3 times before we used Zookeepr for the
> second time.
>
> --
> Stewart Smith
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