[Cialug] ? Open Source Group Software

[jim kraai]

cool, added to the list to check out, thank you!

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Derek Etnyre <detnyre at mac.com> wrote:

> Have wanted to try Members Gear - is on my list :)
>
> http://membersgear.com/index.php
>
> Derek
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 24, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> >
> > Three things to consider:
> >
> > Drupal - not really a resource hog by most standards, but it is an
> > amazingly flexible system that will happily let you shoot yourself in the
> > foot. Think of it as a tool like MS Access. You start out with something
> > that looks like an ultra basic CMS but what you really have is a a
> database
> > and development framework that is mostly controlled using a web based UI.
> >
> > Wordpress - try this before anything else to see if it will work for you.
> > BuddyPress is a great plugin and is the foundation for a lot of other
> great
> > plugins for collaboration. wpmudev.org is a website focused on tutorials
> > and plugins for people doing this stuff. The reason why I suggest WP as
> > first choice is because it's about the easiest to try, has some of the
> best
> > documentation and community support. As far as security and performance
> > concerns, is very well understood. Yes, it's a bigger target, but the
> > update system for security updates is very mature and there are numerous
> > people in the community and on this list who know how to deal with it.
> >
> > Another one to look into is a slightly different beast: Zentyal is more
> > like an open source Exchange replacement, but it does focus on helping
> > groups communicate. You would use your e-mail/calendar/notes applications
> > on your computer or phone to access the data, but it also has a web
> > interface. Compared to the two above, it is a resource hog. I think you
> may
> > be able to install it on a VM with 1GB of RAM if you enable swap. Once
> you
> > give it enough resources it's not a crazy-hard installation.
> >
> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:52 AM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Looking for your suggestions and experience ...
> >>
> >> I know it's come up before, but am hoping some of the answers have
> changed
> >> over time.
> >>
> >> I'm in a couple of non-technical nonprofits that don't really want to
> >> budget any $ on anything that's not 1960s level tech.  There's good
> >> pressure from within to update that.
> >>
> >> They each need a web site, member/mailing list management, and more
> modern
> >> features.  I don't know what more modern features are or should
> be--maybe
> >> self-management of annual dues, event management, forums, publish photo
> >> galleries or link to external photo gallery site.  I'm keeping the
> >> 'required features' list fluid as I'll go with whatever a suite
> offers.  A
> >> member forum would be nice.  Per-member blogs would be OK, but I'd
> prefer
> >> to link to something external for that.
> >>
> >> Each club has 50 < members < 100, so that puts us out of the free range
> of
> >> most online places.
> >>
> >> Low/mid level technical skill in maintenance is important.  I'll host
> at my
> >> expense for life, but I don't wish to be web master for life on the
> >> day-to-day content and member management fiddling, if you get my drift.
> >>
> >> Things that are off the table are:
> >> - Yahoo Groups--rotting from within
> >> - G+:  cost and lack of features
> >> - Facebook:  guessing it'll cost plenty soon and lack of features
> >>
> >> It's my impression that:
> >> - Drupal is a resource hog
> >> - Joomla is a resource hog and has been hacked every way imaginable
> >> - WP is less of a hog, but suffers continuous popularity-hacking
> >>
> >> 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 are things that look almost nice like:
> >> - http://www.memberplanet.com/nonprofit.aspx
> >> - http://www.clubmaster.org/
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