[hackerspaces] Hackerspace admin software recommendations?

[Bob Bownes]

I'll add to my earlier post that we have home brewed up an online
membership sign up process allowing members to sign up, make payments, etc.
I don't think that is interconnected to Seltzer. Yet.

Bob



On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Jens <a.madman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi from Kansas.  We are currently through Phase 1 and halfway through
> Phase 2 on your list.  For Phase 1 we are using WildApricot
> <http://www.wildapricot.com/>which is a webbased member management system
> that costs $50/month.  Our space's membership costs $10/month and it only
> took a couple months for WildApricot to pay for itself by offering easy
> self-management of membership to our community.  For Phase 2, see this
> post <http://makeict.org/wiki/index.php/Electronic_Door_Entry> on our
> wiki, which includes a link to the software in development via bitbucket.
>  Phase 3 is also planned in the future and it shouldn't be too hard to
> implement once Phase 2 is complete.  Wild Apricot has an API that we plan
> to connect to our access control system for automated updating of who has
> access to what at our space.
>
> Jens from MakeICT
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Edward L Platt <ed at elplatt.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shirley,
>>
>> Glad to see you posting about this.  Space management is still a big time
>> sink, and by collaborating on solutions we can make things a lot easier.
>>
>> If you have any questions about Seltzer, feel free to email me or the dev
>> list!
>>
>> I'd love to see the community come together on a solution, whether it's
>> Seltzer or something else.
>>
>> Happy hacking,
>> -Ed
>>
>> This message sent from my phone... through space!
>> On Jul 23, 2014 10:27 AM, "Shirley Hicks" <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning all,
>>>
>>> I strongly suspect this question has been asked before (including by
>>> me!), but I'm not finding it easily.
>>>
>>> Our 15-month old hacker group is preparing to step away from the
>>> spreadsheets with which we are managing our space and start setting up (in
>>> phases) a space information system.
>>> We will have a team of eight working on this project, with information
>>> system experience ranging from seasoned system warrior to recently
>>> graduated IS newbie.
>>> Project information page can be seen at:
>>> http://wiki.redmountainmakers.org/wiki/RMM_Information_System
>>>
>>>  We'd like to minimize the work required (who doesn't!) and are looking
>>> for any available package recommendations for the following functions:
>>>
>>> Phase 1
>>>  Membership management - yes, we are evaluating i3 Detroit's Seltzer
>>> CRM.
>>> Equipment inventory.
>>> Technical library inventory & (possibly) sign-in/sign-out.
>>>
>>> Phase 2
>>> Space access control by pass card.
>>> Space booking control (just see who's using what room for classes and
>>> meetings when).
>>>
>>> Phase 3
>>> Equipment access control by pass card.
>>> Class and materials sign-up/purchase.
>>>
>>> This is within the US context, and within US legal governance with
>>> regards to information privacy and electronic purchases/transactions.
>>> Thanks in advance for any recommendations and comments regarding your
>>> experiences with different packages. :)
>>>
>>> Shirley Hicks
>>> Board member-at-large
>>> Red Mountain Makers
>>> Birmingham, AL 35212
>>>
>>> Email: redmtnadm at redmountainmakers.org
>>> www.redmountainmakers.org
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>> Home email: shirley at velochicdesign.com
>>>
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