[hackerspaces] A CRM for Hackerspaces?

[Matej Nemček]

We are using refineryCMS for membership evidence, but I have in mind to
have some membership fee system for members who pays in Bitcoin/Ethereum (I
prefer Node.js)

Keep me updated or write url of repo
On Apr 24, 2016 1:38 PM, "Altin Ukshini" <altin.ukshini at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've started working on a class assignment where for the following couple
> of months I'll be developing a CRM for managing Hackerspaces - that's what
> I chose to do to complete that assignment.
>
> My friends and I run Prishtina Hackerspace (a hackerspace in Kosovo), and
> since the beginning of it we always struggled finding the best solution to
> manage members, payments, keys, etc. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel,
> we tried many different software but I think we need a better solutions for
> this. I think that many hackerspaces face the same problem when dealing
> with 30+ members. I know we all have different structures, but we could
> maybe boil down to something common and useful for all of us.
>
> In order for this CRM to be better than the existing solutions, I need
> your help to let me know what do you struggle with, and what would you need
> to have in such application?
>
> So far this is what I came up with (call them modules or simply
> functionalities):
> - Membership
> -- Members
> -- Membership Plans
> -- Mentors
>
> - Reports
> -- Membership reports
> -- Expenses reports
> -- Space Frequentation (part of door access control and checkin system)
>
> - Finances
> -- Transactions (income and expenses)
> -- Billing (charge members / run billing)
> -- Online Payment (Pay membership dues with Stripe/Paypal)
>
> - Access Control
> -- Keys
> -- RFID Cards
> -- Alarm Pins
> -- Door access Control and Checkin System (API for Raspberry pi/Arduino
> based solution)
>
> One of the most important features of this CRM will be localization,
> themes, easily manageable settings, and of course modularity (so that
> anyone could write their own modules for it),
>
> Btw, I plan to use Laravel 5.2.
>
> Let's hope this will be helpful for your hackerspaces, just as it'll be
> for our needs at Prishtina Hackerspace.
> I plan to maintain it for some couple of years maybe, and as well try to
> document it well so that anyone can understand how it works (but first I'll
> have to build it).
>
> ...afterall it's just my class assignment! :D
>
> ​Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Best,
> Altin
> ​
>
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>
> *Altin Ukshini*
> Prishtina Hackerspace
> Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova (FLOSSK)
>
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>
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