[hackerspaces] A CRM for Hackerspaces?

[Altin Ukshini]

Hi Shirley,

Thanks, I'll keep the automated reminders thing in mind...

Any link where we can see your work?

Cheers,
Altin


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*Altin Ukshini*
Prishtina Hackerspace
Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova (FLOSSK)

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On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com>
wrote:

> Altin - if it helps, I’ve just finished modeling the work I’m doing to
> develop our makerspace membership management. It also allows for tracking
> donations - important for bookkeeping and building your email lists.
> Iniitally, I’m just going to be launching a web portal for the tables.
>
> Another thing that’s important is ways of sending automated reminders to
> some members - when PayPal stops working for what ever reason (usually when
> credit cards expire, or banking information changes).
>
> As I have been learning keeping our books - this stuff is stinkin’
> important! Hackerspaces and makerspaces can’t run without funds!
>
> — Shirley
>
> On Jul 20, 2016, at 6:30 AM, Altin Ukshini <altin.ukshini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Thank you all very much for your feedback!
>
> I didn't leave this behind, I've been working on the CRM on my spare
> time...
>
> Yes, Seltzer has been very helpful so far, and I've even modified it
> couple of times for our needs at Prishtina Hackerspace.
> I've published some of that code on these two repos:
> - HACCSY: https://github.com/altinukshini/HACCSY
> - Transactions (probably a bad naming, I ment "Fincances") module, it just
> keeps track of some income and expenses (despite membership payments):
> https://github.com/altinukshini/transaction_module
>
> As far as I can see, most of us struggle with charging/billing/payments.
> If that would be the main problem to solve, we might have to elaborate more
> on how each of our spaces processes these kind of tasks. Here's a
> description of how we deal with that at Prishtina Hackerspace:
> http://piratepad.be/p/MyATTA0ClZ
>
> I've opened the repo for the CRM and you can find the code on the
> following link: https://github.com/altinukshini/hackerspacecrm
> There's still some more work to be done for the core, including the
> currently opened issues. I plan to use Caffeinated
> <https://github.com/caffeinated/modules> modules package to enable others
> to write modules for this CRM, but before that, I was thinking to write a
> small module installer, so that people can use a gui interface to install
> those modules.
>
> Please note again that this is my first project in Laravel, and I've been
> learning laravel while working on it, therefore you may find SOME crappy
> stuff in there. Feel free to let me know how it could be done better, and
> any suggestion is very much welcome! :)
>
> Best,
> Altin
>
>
>
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>
> *Altin Ukshini*
> Prishtina Hackerspace
> Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova (FLOSSK)
>
> +386 (0) 49 199 992 | altinukshini.wordpress.com
>
> PRNHS: info at prishtinahackerspace.org | www.prishtinahackerspace.org |
> Manifesto
> <http://wiki.prishtinahackerspace.org/wiki/The_Hackerspace_Manifesto>
> FLOSSK: info at flossk.org | www.flossk.org
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:59 PM, Silence Dogood <matt at nycresistor.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My seltzer system is considering running for president... but I think his
>> views will probably get him into trouble.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Yup. Our Seltzer system drives our RFID system as well. Very handy. Will
>>> be better when every machine has an RFID reader. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We also use Seltzer at Melbourne Makerspace (Florida/USA) and created a
>>>> RFID lock for the front door that automatically denies access to those that
>>>> have missed 3 months of payments.
>>>> It has been working rock solid for well over a year now.
>>>> https://wiki.melbournemakerspace.org/projects/RFIDDoorLock
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can second that. We are using Seltzer at the Center of Gravity and
>>>>> are mostly happy with it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Shirley Hicks <
>>>>> shirley at velochicdesign.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> One more thing - take a look at Edward Platt’s work on Selzer CRM,
>>>>>> which he developed for i3 Detroit.
>>>>>> https://github.com/elplatt/seltzer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> — Shirley
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 24, 2016, at 11:25 PM, Shirley Hicks <
>>>>>> shirley at velochicdesign.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This was the project description I put together for our group. Note
>>>>>> that we currently use WildApricot for membership management and will be
>>>>>> switching over to a Wordpress WooCommerce based system this spring, which
>>>>>> will also integrate with Bob Baddersley’s equiment lockout and RFID access
>>>>>> card system, and Mediawiki’s WMWP extension for wiki editing access.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://wiki.redmountainmakers.org/wiki/RMM_Information_System/Operations_Description
>>>>>> http://wiki.redmountainmakers.org/wiki/RMM_Information_System
>>>>>> http://wiki.redmountainmakers.org/wiki/Project:RMM_Information_System
>>>>>>
>>>>>> — Shirley Hicks
>>>>>> Red ountain Makers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 24, 2016, at 6:37 AM, 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)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +386 (0) 49 199 992 | altinukshini.wordpress.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PRNHS: info at prishtinahackerspace.org | www.prishtinahackerspace.org
>>>>>> | Manifesto
>>>>>> <http://wiki.prishtinahackerspace.org/wiki/The_Hackerspace_Manifesto>
>>>>>> FLOSSK: info at flossk.org | www.flossk.org
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