[Chapter-delegates] Sync between AMS and Chapter member databases?

[Elver Loho]

In Estonia it would be great if we could integrate government-verified
digital signatures into the process. We could do it right now -- have
an online membership application form, where you sign the result with
your ID-card or Mobile-ID and it becomes legally binding in the
required fashion -- but then we'd still need to manually copy the data
to the ISOC portal.

I wonder if the grant funds could be used to do this, actually.

Best,
Elver
.ee

elver.loho at gmail.com
+372 5661 6933
skype: elver.loho


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Charles Oloo <oloo6382 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All.
> Nice suggestions and debate, and I totally agree with Evan. I think It is
> our prerogative to lead in this field and show what  technology can do,
> improving performance and delivery of service. I suppose the ISOC AMS was
> configured to meet certain criteria and objective, hence maybe other APIs
> are unable to integrate with other APPs as Eduardo Diaz asserted.  As a
> developer, I reckon that this can be improved if there necessity beckons.
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> We in Kenya have been also thinking of better ways to use "tech" ,
> especially how our local mobile money MPESA can be integrated for membership
> dues. This and Evan's idea is quite valid and I fully support it. Maybe the
> AMS administrator / developer could shed more light into these discussions.
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> Oharles Oloo
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:
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>> Hello everyone,
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>> We are in the process of automating the Canada Chapter's membership
>> application system using CiviCRM and Paypal, as we will be charging annual
>> dues similar to some other chapters.
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>> I would like to know if anyone at other chapters has tried to integrate
>> the ISOC AMS with their own local membership database. We would like to
>> simplify membership by having a single sign-up page that would enable
>> someone to simultaneously obtain an ISOC Member ID and apply for membership
>> in our chapter.
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>> Alternately, are we as a chapter empowered to apply for membership on
>> behalf of someone else, who has come to the Chapter site but does not yet
>> have a global ISOC member ID?
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>> What I would like to avoid is a situation in which we turn away members
>> because it's "too much trouble". We need to make it as easy as possible to
>> attract members, and the three step process of
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>> Coming to our site to join
>> Being diverted to the AMS to create a membership and having to remember
>> the ID
>> Coming back to the chapter site and using the new ID to apply for
>> membership with us
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>> is IMO working against our ability to build membership. It is easy to
>> complain that people should be able to persist through all those steps, but
>> to me it is unacceptable to have barriers to membership that can be
>> addressed using available technology.
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>> Any suggestions, and especially experiences from others who have
>> encountered this issue, are extremely welcomed.
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>> Thank you.
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>> --
>> Evan Leibovitch
>> Toronto Canada
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>> Em: evan at telly dot org
>> Sk: evanleibovitch
>> Tw: el56
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