Membership Database

[Niki]

Hi, all. I know this has been asked/answered before, but I can't find what I'm looking for. Yes, I know there are wonderful companies and programs out there for helping with the rsvps, etc. for cowork centers, but to the best of my knowledge they all have a cost attached. Since I have just gotten my first regular client and am looking at 1-2 others perhaps using the conference room, I really can't afford/justify paying a monthly fee YET. So, in the meantime, are there are open software solutions to maintaining a database that I can use right now?

Thanks.

Nancy Becher
creative director and connector
connect/motivate/collaborate
Business Success Unlimited
Three Rivers, MI
http://www.success4biz.biz

[Liam Gooding]

Hi Nancy

Google docs (spreadsheet) for member info and a shared google calendar for booking the meeting room. For invoicing, just create invoices in google docs and email as PDFs.

That should do the trick fine for quite a while - the invoicing will probably be the first thing you outgrow but a google search brings up a few free invoicing SaaS apps that are totally free and support recurring invoices.

Thanks

Liam Gooding

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[Mike Pihlman]

I use Open Office (openoffice.org) to track membership, income, expenses, to make signs, presentations, etc.

Google Docs is good too. 

On Jan 21, 2012 2:14 PM, "Liam Gooding" <liam.g...@fruitbowlmedia.com> wrote:

Hi Nancy

Google docs (spreadsheet) for member info and a shared google calendar for booking the meeting room. For invoicing, just create invoices in google docs and email as PDFs.

That should do the trick fine for quite a while - the invoicing will probably be the first thing you outgrow but a google search brings up a few free invoicing SaaS apps that are totally free and support recurring invoices.

Thanks

Liam Gooding

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On 21 Jan 2012, at 20:41, Niki <na...@thessbi.com> wrote:

> Hi, all. I know this has been asked/a...

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[Alex Hillman]

We use Zoho.com

-Alex

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indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia

[Alex Hillman]

I should say - we use Zoho.com for our invoicing - but one of the BIGGEST shortcomings is a good way to view membership. It's more oriented towards customers, which is a real challenge for us. 

This is what Cobot got right -  a member orientation towards reporting. I love that. 

Unfortunately we rely too heavily on automation on the invoicing side of things - Alex has continued to work with us and be supportive. I hope that at some point in the future, Cobot is the right fit for us because it gives me views into my membership numbers that I currently have to export from Zoho and mash up in Google Docs.

-Alex

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indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia

[Mark Gilbreath]

Hi Nanci

Gotcha covered!

Take a look at LiquidSpace to simplify the management of your conference room (and any other spaces that you want your members or guests to reserve).  Its completely free to list your space...takes just a few minutes to setup... you can set up as many workspaces as you like... your conference rooms, offices, hotdesks, cafe spaces etc.    Once done,  you and your members will have real time access to your workspace calendar(s) via both web and smartphone.    The platform also creates a "Book it" button that you can drop into your website so that visitors can book directly.   

You will also be able to control who has permission to access your space.     You can keep things buttoned down and issue permission selectively or you can open it up - you set the rules, we help you enforce them. 

Have a look and give us a shout if you have any questions.

Mark

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[Jacob Sayles]

We developed Nadine at Office Nomads and it's all free/open source.  That said open source is not really free as in beer but more like free as in puppy.   You'll need a tech person to install it since easy installation hasn't been a priority of ours.  If you are looking for easy, a paid service like Cobot is your best bet.  

Jacob

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[Alex Hillman]

free as in puppy

I love everything about this. 

 

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[Frank DePalma]

I'm working on a custom member management system for The CoLab cowork
space opening soon in Port Townsend. Once we've gotten the basics
features in place, I will be looking for beta testers to use the
software for free in exchange for feedback. If you are interested in
being a beta tester, please let me know.

.:.
Frank DePalma
Totera Web Systems
1-800-250-7971 x 704
http://www.totera.com

[julianne]

Hi everyone!

There’s been a lot of talk lately about coworking management tools. I
have held back from joining in this conversation,
but since there’s so much interest in the topic, I hope it’s okay for
us to mention that… Deskwanted/Deskmag is about to relaunch, with
new tools for coworking spaces. You will be able to manage all your
members, process payments, encourage interaction, and keep track of
finances, all in one place.

We have partnered with several coworking spaces around the world, and
they're helping us build the most useful management system, with all
the features they need tailored to their communities.

The new Deskwanted will be on demonstration at the Austin GCUC and on
our US tour, and from March we will open a limited early adopters
round.

All existing Deskwanted spaces will be invited to join the limited
early round, so if you're on Deskwanted you'll hear from us soon - and
if you're not, then sign up ;-)

We're very excited about our new tools, and look forward to helping
coworking spaces operate more simply and happily!

Julianne

Juli...@deskwanted.com
Juli...@deskmag.com

[Jacob Sayles]

This is great!  I look forward to seeing the demo in Austin.  

Jacob

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[flip....@gmail.com]

That's great news Julianne can't wait to see the new systems. Keep us updated

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Cofounder: Jamal Kinney
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[JeanYves]

Excellent, Julianne.

This is definitely needed.
I look forward to try it out in Austin :-)

Best

Jean-Yves
Coworking Europe conference


On Feb 2, 8:43 pm, "flip.wor...@gmail.com" <flip.wor...@gmail.com>
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[Cecilia Durieu]

Hey everybody !

we (eworky.com) have also built a coworking management tool, it will
be translated in english soon.
If some coworking spaces want to become beta-testers, let me know,
you'll then get it for free forever !
(you can send me an email cec...@eworky.com)

We're very excited about it, hope you'll like it !

Cheers,
Cécilia

[Rich]

reading eworky.com thru google translate, it looks really good!

On Feb 4, 5:25 pm, Cecilia Durieu <cecilia.dur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everybody !
>
> we (eworky.com) have also built a coworking management tool, it will
> be translated in english soon.
> If some coworking spaces want to become beta-testers, let me know,
> you'll then get it for free forever !

> (you can send me an email ceci...@eworky.com)