[Cialug] ? Open Source Group Software

[David Champion]

Google Groups or Facebook are easy to set up and work well, but might not
be a good choice depending on the paranoia / curmudgeon population of your
group.

-dc

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:01 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Aug 2015, jim kraai wrote:
>
> > I don't quite understand Google for Nonprofits, it seems like little more
> > than a self-promotion tool--a way to put ads out there.
> >
> There is no such thing - Google defines "Nonprofit" as "Charitable" -
> IRS 501c()! If you don't have an IRS exemption, you're out of luck.
>
> By comparison, there are hundreds or thousands of *State* non-profit
> organizations that are not required to have official IRS Charitable
> exemptions (IOW, you can deduct a donation to a Charitable organization,
> but not a non-profit).
>
> We are looking at ocportal.com for my Mom's family association - it has
> most of the capabilities you want already available, .. much less
> complicated [and less of a hacker target] tham WP.
>
>         Lee
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