[hackerspaces] Hackerspace admin software recommendations?

[Bob Bownes]

perl. No LDAP, though it's on the radar.

Bob



On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
wrote:

> Bob - what did you use do? Wordpress extension? LDAP interface?
>
> -- Shirley
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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>>>> Home email: shirley at velochicdesign.com
>>>>
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