Re: Non-profit membership management suggestions

2015-05-22 Thread Teruo Utsumi
Thanks for the advice. I'm so new and there's SOOO much out there. I'm thinking your buffet-style approach of picking and choosing different Django apps is probably the best way to go. Think what I'll do is do a bit more research, come up w/ a set of apps and ask the group for comments. On F

Re: Non-profit membership management suggestions

2015-05-22 Thread James Brewer
Perhaps the problem is that you are looking for a single solution that meets all of your needs. This is not a very useful approach. It's called custom software and it's very expensive. :) Have you thought of finding different packages that each meet an individual need? For example, the python-socia

Re: Non-profit membership management suggestions

2015-05-22 Thread Teruo Utsumi
Hi James, I previously did come across that website. But I've tried searches for "membership", "association", "club", and a few others, all to no avail. Similar searches on GitHub result in hits, but for packages unrelated to what I'm looking for. Or maybe I'm not digging deep enough. Member

Re: Non-profit membership management suggestions

2015-05-22 Thread James Brewer
Hey Teruo, I <3 astronomy :) Check out this nifty tool I found the other day: https://www.djangopackages.com/ That site lists a bunch (all?) of Django packages with descriptions on what each one does. You should at least be able to stitch together what you need. Happy Friday! James On Fri, May

Non-profit membership management suggestions

2015-05-22 Thread Teruo Utsumi
I'm part of a non-profit (an astronomy club that does public outreach). To date all our operations are done manually, e.g., our membership database is a spreadsheet via cut-and-paste. We're looking to automate our processes, particularly those that are repetitive. I'm looking for open-source