<div dir="ltr">Hi Kathy,<div><br></div><div>I have been quietly working on a possible replacement for memberdb.</div><div><br></div><div>It's still in quite an early state, but the code, such as it is, is on github[0]. It uses the existing DB schema.</div><div><br></div><div>My goals for this work are:</div><div><br></div><div>1/ Move to a modern, well supported platform - I've chosen flask[1]</div><div>2/ Re-implement the current functionality as a first step</div><div>3/ Implement the extra functionality as per the requirements doc</div><div><br></div><div>I am not interested in working on either Drupal or CiviCRM. I have some sympathy for the arguments for CiviCRM but lack sufficient PHP skills to be useful in such work (and am not interested in acquiring them). OTOH, I don't want to get in the way of such efforts, and recognise the risk that the work I do may never actually be used by LA.</div><div><br></div><div>I talked to several people at LCA who were also interested in working on memberdb, some of whom would probably be interested in PHP based solutions.</div><div><br></div><div>I have at this point got most of the membersdhip side working, but am yet to seriously tackle elections. Progress is going to be slow for a little while as I catch up on my day job. My next step was going to be to contact the people who expressed an interest in helping.</div><div><br></div><div>I would be happy to be part of or to work with a Membership Subcommittee.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Neill</div><div><br></div><div>[0] <a href="https://github.com/neillc/memberdb-ng">https://github.com/neillc/memberdb-ng</a></div><div>[1] <a href="http://flask.pocoo.org/">http://flask.pocoo.org/</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Kathy Reid <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kathy@kathyreid.id.au" target="_blank">kathy@kathyreid.id.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Good morning everyone!<br>
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Fresh from the amazing experience that was <a href="http://linux.conf.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay (and a few days in which to recover), and with the motivation that comes from such an inspiring event still fresh in mind, I'd like to reinvigorate the debate over our Membership Committee[0], Membership platform[1] and related pieces[2].<br>
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Please note I'm doing this with my 'Member' hat on rather than my 'Council' hat, and because I am highly motivated to deliver a better Membership platform for Linux Australia.<br>
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The intent of this email is to seek expressions of interest from those who may be motivated and passionate about addressing the shortcoming of LA's current Membership platform, whether that be through a new platform, or enhancements to the current one. My intended approach here is to form a Membership Subcommittee under the Subcommittee Policy[3], should Council approve, and then use the Membership Subcommittee as a vehicle to drive recommendations and actions for improvement.<br>
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So, who wants to join me in creating a better Membership platform?<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Kathy Reid<br>
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[0] <a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2015-January/021988.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2015-January/021988.html</a><br>
[1] <a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2015-January/021995.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2015-January/021995.html</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2015-January/022016.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2015-January/022016.html</a><br>
[3] <a href="https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/blob/master/subcommittee_policy_v2.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/blob/master/subcommittee_policy_v2.md</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Neill Cox<div>Ingenious Software</div></div></div>
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