That's great, Derek! Perhaps AZOTO can help. And  you, being in the 
process of actually writing a donor management application, would be in 
a position to speak with authority on what software might meet their 
needs in that area ;-) .

The meeting will be at 1425 North 1st Street, Suite 100, just north of 
the Phoenix Central Library. The people with whom I will be meeting  are 
volunteers assisting the Maricopa Greens with their technology issues. 
My expectation is that this will be a very open meeting about How To Get 
Stuff Done, not an ideological battle, no  MCSEs with their jobs at 
stake, etc :-) . What I am looking for is folks who can give good, 
objective advice on how the Maricopa Greens can accomplish what they 
need to, IT-wise, and possibly contribute some elbow grease as well.

Lee Einer




Derek Neighbors wrote:

>Jim said:
>
>>On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 12:29, Lee Einer wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, all-
>>>
>>>Would any of you be interested in meeting with the Maricopa County
>>>Green  Party regarding the possibility of their transitioning  from MS
>>>Windows  to the Linux OS?  I have been invited to meet with some Green
>>>volunteers  on Monday, January 27th, at 6:00PM to discuss their
>>>technology issues  and the possibility of transitioning to Linux. As I
>>>bring more
>>>enthusiasm than  technical knowledge to the table, it would help quite
>>>a  bit if any of you more IT literate  folk would join me.. It is
>>>possible  that we will be forming an IT subcommittee. The Maricopa
>>>Greens   currently use the MS Windows OS. Their chief practical
>>>concerns are  website creation and maintenance (for which they are
>>>currently using MS  FrontPage) and a database tailored for use by
>>>non-profits. They are  currently planning to utilize the  Ebase
>>>database, which is
>>>Windows-centric, but there are other competing databases available,
>>>such  as Convio, which appears to be Linux based, and E-Tapestry and
>>>DonorPerfect, which are available in web-based versions.
>>>
>>>Any of you who are interested in attending, and/or volunteering to
>>>assist, please let me know-
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Lee Einer
>>>
>>>[Note: this post is not intended to trigger a debate on the merits of
>>>the respective political parties- it is about assisting an
>>>organization  in transitioning to Linux
>>>
>>
>>Where is this meeting gonna be, Lee?  West Side, I bet ;)
>>
>>Seriously, I would like to try and make it and I am sure we can garner
>>more forces.
>>
>>Btw, I am looking at this from a purely technical position.  I am not a
>>member of any political party ;)
>>
>
>I think this would great for AZOTO to par take in, there may be concerns
>as to whether a 501c3 could move in this way, but as long as its technical
>recommendations and not political ones that AZOTO were to counsel on, I
>don't think it would be a problem.
>
>I am in process of writing donor management system for Free Software
>Foundation using GNU Enterprise, so some day in situations like this that
>maybe an option. (Must PLUG (pun intended) GNUe at all costs... ;) )
>
>-Derek
>
>
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