[PLUG] Membership tracking software?

[Roderick Anderson]

Thanks Larry,

On 01/14/2015 09:28 AM, Larry Brigman wrote:
> I know you want to move stuff to FOSS but here is some info to help
> convince others.
>
> Be aware that QB can become ransomware.  A friend that does Taxes and
> bookkeeping ran into this.  Something about 15K limit on one records like
> invoices.  Once you hit the limit you cannot get into the data without
> upgrading to QB pro.

I have considered moving to their web based system so in two years all I 
have to do is pass along the user id and password.  Haven't looked into 
costs yet so Rich's suggestion of jgnash may be the way.


Rod
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>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Roderick Anderson <raanders42 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Recommendations?
>>
>> I just took on the Treasurer position for a local non-profit which
>> includes tracking membership and dues.
>>
>> Currently the club (Kootenai Amateur Radio Society) is using Quick Books
>> for accounting and Excel spreadsheets for membership rosters.  So here I
>> am trying to get a Windows system up for QB and using a spreadsheet for
>> something better done with a data base.
>>
>> Did some research (Google searches) but probably picked poor search
>> terms.  Didn't get good results.
>>      I seem to remember some mention on the list of others working with
>> membership handling.  Therefore the request for recommendations.
>>
>> Dream solution:
>>
>>      First: it is FOSS.
>>
>>      Second: runs on Linux or Windows.
>>
>>      Third: not web based right now as I don't know the full story on the
>> clubs hosting situation but could put up my own server if that is the
>> better solution.
>>
>>      Forth: If it is OSS, coded in Perl or ... PHP so I can feel fairly
>> comfortable if hacking is needed.  C, Fortran, Basic and Python can be
>> dealt with.
>>
>> As usual all thoughts, ideas, or clue-sticks are appreciated.
>>
>>
>> \\||/
>> Rod
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