[Chapter-delegates] Input request for Chapter Administrative Support Working Group

[Evan Leibovitch]

Hi all,

There is a separate thread going on in the chapter-delegates list that
might be useful here.

I had asked what people were doing to manage membership in instances where
there were multiple categories of membership, dues to be charged (and
collected online) or organizational members, that the current AMS cannot
handle. Later in this thread I said:

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.



Since the issue of member management is most certainly a potential part of
"chapter administrative support", I raise it here.

-- 
Evan Leibovitch
Toronto Canada

Em: evan at telly dot org
Sk: evanleibovitch
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