[Linux-aus] What's happening with the Membership Committee?

[Michael Still]

I think moving to a CRM system is sensible, but at that point I'll bow
out. I know nothing about such systems, so I just don't feel useful in
that space.

Michael

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Kathy Reid <kathy at kathyreid.id.au> wrote:
> Fair call.
>
> IMHO, patching MemberDB is not where LA should be focussing effort - I
> strongly believe LA needs a full CRM like CiviCRM [1].
> All good organisations need different thinking to catalyse direction ;-)
>
> So, I think we probably need a strategic call from LA here - patch MemberDB
> or go for something like CiviCRM?
>
> My recommendation is that LA is now large enough, and has big enough
> communications needs that it makes sense to go for something like CiviCRM.
> We don't homebrew the website anymore - we use an established platform. It
> no longer makes sense to homebrew the membership platform. CiviCRM also sits
> on top of Drupal, meaning that platform change at the website level wouldn't
> be needed. But Mikal is right, this would need to be scoped - and it's a big
> piece of work - but one in the long run I think is very valuable.
>
> My availability is pretty shot until Feb 9th 2016.
>
> [1] https://civicrm.org/
>
>
> On 14/06/15 07:49, Michael Still wrote:
>>
>> So, my understanding was that we offered in the AGM to update memberdb
>> to not be quite so bad. That got turned into a replacement CRM
>> project, which meant several of the people involved no longer felt
>> they had the skills to actually progress the effort. We have therefore
>> stalled.
>>
>> To be completely honest, I feel like I mis-estimated how much spare
>> time I'd have this year, and I don't think I have the bandwidth to
>> provide a meaningful contribution to this effort. So, a subcommittee
>> is a good idea, but I feel we might need to go and work out who would
>> be able to serve on it first.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Kathy Reid <kathy at kathyreid.id.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> There was some talk a few months ago [1] of having a Membership
>>> Subcommittee
>>> for LA, looking at replacing or enhancing MemberDB. This was a great move
>>> forward - MemberDB is end of life.
>>> Has this progressed at all and are folks ihere nterested?
>>>
>>> If so I will formally propose a motion to Council to form this
>>> Subcommittee.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Kathy
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2015-February/022032.html
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>>
>>
>>
>



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