On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 9:14 PM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Anyone know of FOSS software out there, perhaps OpenOffice (Base?) based?<br>
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My volunteer organization, less than 200 volunteers, is transitioning from paper based to computer based systems.<br>
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There is no real accounting or payroll system need, but there is a need to track people and the hours they volunteer. Of course, there are a myriad of ways in which they have 'unique' bits of information, so nothing will be plug and play - some customizations will be necessary. Thus, easy access to the underlying database structure is required.<br>
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Anyone know of such FOSS software out there for small businesses that could serve as a base?<br>
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I hate reinventing the wheel. (How many times and in how many ways can one do 'contacts', after all.) I'd rather leverage something else, especially since information may be acquired and maintained via, or reports generated to, the web, eventually. [If online collaboration and connectivity is a moving target as the 'internet' evolves, I'd rather let the package maintainers deal with the complexity of keeping up to date, rather than having to do it myself.]<br>
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Arguably, perhaps?, this is a CRM or CMS, not entirely sure. Definitely it's small business (with salary = $0/hr for everyone).<br>
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Thoughts, suggestions, search term refinements as to the nature of the beastie I'm searching for?<br></blockquote></div><br clear="all">If you can afford $10 a month, then why not let someone else worry about <br>the hosting, upgrades, ...etc.<br>
<br>Here is a Canadian online accounting service.<br><br><a href="https://www.kashoo.com/">https://www.kashoo.com/</a><br><br>Not sure about the payroll part though.<br><br>If you want something to host yourself, there is <a href="http://frontaccounting.com/">http://frontaccounting.com/</a> which gets good review. You can search Google for a Canadian ledger. I tried, but it really needs an accountant to set it up. It is free to download and use. They also offer hosted versions for a fee.<br>
<br>Another option is Ledger SMB <a href="http://www.ledgersmb.org/">http://www.ledgersmb.org/</a>, which is a fork of another well known accounting package (SQL Ledger). My brother has been using the latter for over a decade for his business. You download it and run it yourself.<br>
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