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We've got software we use for billing our members, as we as keeping
track of rentable storage space.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://code.google.com/u/jason.gessner/p/mkemakerspace-tools/">https://code.google.com/u/jason.gessner/p/mkemakerspace-tools/</a><br>
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Right now I think Milwaukee Makerspace is the only one using it,
though I believe jason g. (lead developer) has talked with some
people at Pumping Station: One and Workshop 88 about it.<br>
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Pete<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/2/13 10:07 AM, Edward L Platt
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<div dir="ltr">We used to use GNUCash at i3 Detroit, but wound up
switching to the proprietary software that shall not be named.
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<div style="">The major limitations of GNUCash were:</div>
<div style="">* Not a web app - prevented dividing tasks among
multiple pepole (receipt/payment entry, reconciliation,
billing, etc.).</div>
<div style="">* No way to track vendors/customers. We wound up
creating a sub-account for each member, which was really
unwieldy, especially since GNUCash didn't alphabetize them,
and wouldn't total them in our reports.</div>
<div style="">* Clunky interface.</div>
<div style="">* Learning curve too steep for volunteers.</div>
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<div style="">Also here's a feature request that I've never been
able to find in *any* accounting software:</div>
<div style="">* See the statement date for which each
transaction was reconciled.</div>
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<div style="">If anyone starts an open source bookkeeping web
app, I'd love to get on the dev list.</div>
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<div style="">-Ed</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Doug
Philips <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I wonder
if they have looked at ledger (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ledger-cli.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ledger-cli.org/</a>).
They're on the cusp of releasing v3,<br>
but that'll be soon enough.<br>
-=Doug
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On 5/2/13 9:20 AM, Tim Butram wrote:<br>
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I don't think that GNUCash has all of the required
features that they need. From their list I don't think
that GNUCash can do:<br>
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* Tracking and reporting of non-profit income types
(related business income, unrelated business taxable
income, donations, etc.)<br>
* Basic annual audit preparation reporting<br>
* Ability to easily handle all these features on a
project-by-project subset of the accounts, and to easily
export and excise that subset from the system. (i.e.,
support for temporarily restricted assets, earmarked for
fiscal-sponsored projects)
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Unless these are just features are unknown to me. Either
way, they were not ruling out contributing to some
project, so it could end up being that GNUCash gets some
more features.<br>
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Tim Butram<br>
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On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Joshua Pritt <<a
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I'll donate some of my free time to work on this
software! I have had to help with issues with
proprietary software such as Exceed! Basic.<br>
Is Conservancy trying to do the same thing as
GNUCash?<br>
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target="_blank">danny@spesh.com</a> <mailto:<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:danny@spesh.com"
target="_blank">danny@spesh.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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I thought this might be something that many
here would see as a<br>
worthwhile project to donate money toward:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://sfconservancy.org/campaign/"
target="_blank">http://sfconservancy.org/campaign/</a><br>
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Conservancy has a plan to help all
non-profit organizations (NPOs)<br>
by creating an Open Source and Free
Software accounting system<br>
usable by non-technical bookkeepers,
accountants, and non-profit<br>
managers. You can help us do it by
donating now.<br>
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To keep their books and produce annual
government filings, most NPOs<br>
rely on proprietary software, paying
exorbitant licensing fees. This<br>
is fundamentally at cross purposes with
their underlying missions of<br>
charity, equality, democracy, and
sharing.<br>
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You can help Conservancy fix this problem
by donating now. We seek<br>
to raise $75,000 to employ a developer
for one year to make<br>
substantial progress on this project.<br>
<br>
Note that this first year will concentrate on
US non-profit<br>
requirements, "Conservancy seeks to lead an
international effort, and<br>
welcomes contributions and input from everyone
in the non-profit<br>
community from around the world. Conservancy
has created a mailing list<br>
for discussion of this project and encourages
interested parties from<br>
around the world to join the mailing list and
contribute to the<br>
project!"<br>
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target="_blank">http://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/npo-accounting</a><br>
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Donation sidebar is on the main page:<br>
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target="_blank">http://sfconservancy.org/campaign/</a><br>
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