Jimmy Kaplowitz writes:
> I see they list SPI as an endorser with our
> encouragement to donate and support. It's possible they did this based on
> Bdale's quote as SPI president, but I wouldn't have a problem
> explicitly voting to endorse (I'd obviously vote yes) for more
> emphasis.
I was hap
Ean,
Sounds like you should join the mailing list and do an evaluation of
OfBiz for it.
--Josh
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Actually, it sounds a lot like the credit and debit accounts in OFBiz.
These are used for a variety of purposes in businesses. Purchasing
accounts used to restrict departmental budgets, pre-paid cash accounts
for customers to draw against, lines of credit extended to customers,
credit accounts for
> There is open source accounting software. LedgerSMB, Tryton, GnuCash...
>
> Why are we reinventing the wheel? If we want to support better NPO
> integration doesn't it make sense to start with that?
Please read the page I linked to. It explains these things.
--Josh
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> The needs of a NPO are quite different than those of a for-profit business
> such
> as OfB might help, especially a fiscal sponsor like either SPI or Conservancy.
> The key difference is a large number of temporarily restricted accounts (for
> Conservancy) or earmarks whose purposes we need to
On May 2, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> The Software Freedom Conservancy is proposing to fund the efforts of a
> full-time software developer to create NPO accounting software which
> will be completely open source and free. SPI could really use such
> software.
>
> https://sfconservan
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 04:10:47PM -0500, Ean Schuessler wrote:
> Agreed. In the past I had mentioned Apache's Open for Business project.
> It does fairly sophisticated accounting as well as multi-facility
> inventory management, customer relationship management, tracking project
> hours and manufa
Agreed. In the past I had mentioned Apache's Open for Business project.
It does fairly sophisticated accounting as well as multi-facility
inventory management, customer relationship management, tracking project
hours and manufacturing line control. For actual small to medium size
businesses, the le
Hi,
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 01:24:21PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >Seems like quite a good idea to me. I've read the Conservancy page and agree
> >something like this is sorely needed, including by SPI, but doesn't exist
> >yet.
> >The suggested amount even seems reasonable given how much it
On 05/02/2013 12:40 PM, Clint Adams wrote:
> On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 11:21:41AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> The Software Freedom Conservancy is proposing to fund the efforts of a
>> full-time software developer to create NPO accounting software which
>> will be completely open source and free. SP
On 05/02/2013 12:34 PM, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
Hi,
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 11:21:41AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
[...]
As such, I propose that we fund this effort using $10,000 out of our
general SPI funds. I think this is a good idea because:
[...]
Seems like quite a good idea to me. I've
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> As such, I propose that we fund this effort using $10,000 out of our
> general SPI funds.
Speaking as a donor (over the last few years, I have directed about $1,200
of my small company's donations to the SPI general fund), I think this would
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 07:40:01PM +, Clint Adams wrote:
> Aside from concerns about a 501(c)3 making an unrestricted donation
> to another 501(c)3:
Hi Clint,
It's my non-lawyer understanding that 501(c)3s may donate to ther
501(c)3s providing it's within the scope of their mission.
Might ne
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 11:21:41AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> The Software Freedom Conservancy is proposing to fund the efforts of a
> full-time software developer to create NPO accounting software which
> will be completely open source and free. SPI could really use such
> software.
Aside from
Hi,
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 11:21:41AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
[...]
> As such, I propose that we fund this effort using $10,000 out of our
> general SPI funds. I think this is a good idea because:
[...]
Seems like quite a good idea to me. I've read the Conservancy page and agree
something lik
SPI members:
The Software Freedom Conservancy is proposing to fund the efforts of a
full-time software developer to create NPO accounting software which
will be completely open source and free. SPI could really use such
software.
https://sfconservancy.org/campaign/
As such, I propose that we fu
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