[Chapter-delegates] Membership management Wordpress plugins?

[Eduardo Diaz]

Evan:

Welcome to the never ending AMS discussion. We tried to keep our own
membership database synchronized with the AMS and it was really a pain
especially when you have to do the renewals in the AMS in synchronization
with your own. We gave up and are using the AMS 100%.

-ed


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> It's not our preference to have redundant systems. But since the AMS can't
> handle things we need such as online payments, multiple membership
> categories and corporate members at the chapter level, we don't have much
> of a choice. Some of the options being considered (ie, CiviCRM, thanks
> Cesar!) also include volunteer skills management and
> fundraising/sponsorship/grant tools.
>
> Christian wrote:
>
> *How do you propose to handle data protection issues around
>> individuals signing up directly at the AMS and your membership service? Or
>> is Canadian law not fussed?*
>
>
> We intend to have a membership management system that will be compliant
> with local laws and a privacy policy is under development. Beyond that I'm
> not sure I understand your question.
>
> Then Joly wrote:
>
> *And, how do you anticipate reconciling with the Chapter portal?*
>
>
> The link will be the ISOC membership number, the possession of which of
> course is a mandatory element of Chapter membership. ISOC members'
> requesting membership in the Canada chapter will be brought into our site
> to complete the process. Yes, it will require periodic manual
> synchronization that might be automated, if there is a better path I'm
> certainly open to it.
>
> It's unfortunate that the AMS comes close to what we need but misses a
> number of critical components. There is a Sitefinity plugin for ecommerce,
> but adding it -- and making it adaptable to international chapter needs as
> indicated above -- would be non-trivial.
>
> In my perfect world, there could be a global provider of hosting and
> payment services (I'm thinking Amazon Web Services or something similar)
> that could provide ISOC Global membership (both individual and
> institutional) services while also offering to Chapters a couple of
> templates for their own internal use. The templates could be offered to
> allow for  different revenue models, to accommodate chapters that wish to
> levy their own dues and those which don't. However, common facilities such
> as fundraising and event-ticket management could be provided to all.
>
> Heck, while I'm dreaming, such a service could be extended to give each
> chapter its own private hosting area. Right now such hosting is an
> out-of-pocket expense for us.
>
> Should such a project be undertaken I would be happy to participate in its
> development -- I dare suggest that Amazon would be a willing partner and
> might even be persuaded to provide AWS at a discounted or free rate. This
> could be a phenomenal tool for building and growing chapters.
>
> --
> Evan Leibovitch
> Toronto Canada
>
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