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149863 2003-06-04 23:23:00 I note a posting back in Feb 03. It was suggested that a package could be obtained from Craig at Club Manager Ltd. Yes but the problem is that most small clubs exist on the smell of an oily rag. This software costs $1000-$1500 and is out of reach for most.
Does anyone have any suggestions for good free or low cost software which would provide a database for membership as well as financial recordsand the ability to sort information. I am told that Excell will not do it.
This must be a common enough need yet there doesn't seem to be any well known answer.
Help. 		Winston001 (3612)
149864 2003-06-04 23:45:00 > I note a posting back in Feb 03. It was suggested
> that a package could be obtained from Craig at Club
> Manager Ltd. Yes but the problem is that most small
> clubs exist on the smell of an oily rag. This
> software costs $1000-$1500 and is out of reach for
> most.
> Does anyone have any suggestions for good free or low
> cost software which would provide a database for
> membership as well as financial recordsand the
> ability to sort information. I am told that Excell
> will not do it.
> This must be a common enough need yet there doesn't
> seem to be any well known answer.
> Help.

Have you tried the Symantec ACT! software? A single user is only a couple of hundred (perhaps around $300?) You can create new fields to enter information if you wanted to have some basic financial information in there. It's more a CRM package rather than an accounting package though.

http://www.act.com/

Otherwise, there is always MYOB which is pretty good. DSE are advertising it at $395. Of course it's more geared to accouting rather than customer/member management.

http://www.myob.co.nz/

As far as cheap/free stuff goes, you probably won't find much that is any good. In other words, you get what you pay for. Sorry if this hasn't been much help. 		honeylaser (814)
149865 2003-06-04 23:47:00 Depends on what is required.

any database, or
any spreadsheet, or
pencil and paper

depends on needs.



If you want quality, don't pay with peanuts. 		Merlin (503)
149866 2003-06-05 02:29:00 Thankyou Honeylaser and Merlin. I agree that you get what you pay for and I have no criticism of anyone wanting to be paid for their product - including Microsoft which it is fashionable to bag.
It seems to me that there must be existing, even old software that would do what a club needed without the bells and whistles of the bigger commercial programs.
I will check out your suggestions even if I end up paying for it myself.
Cheers 		Winston001 (3612)
149867 2003-06-05 05:01:00 Have a look at OpenOffice.org (www.openoffice.org) for a free modern suite. It's available for Windows, Mac, Linux ... Graham L (2)
149868 2003-06-05 05:04:00 Oops ... that url is www.openoffice.org/ (http://www.openoffice.org/) . Sorry. ;-) Graham L (2)
149869 2003-06-05 05:33:00 have you looked at Clubmate? their Member 'max version' should do the job and the price is reasonable (but not cheap) address is http://www.clubmate.com/
Enjoy
David 		das1 (3033)
149870 2003-06-05 08:27:00 I'm not sure if this is any good, but it looks like it might be what you're after. It's shareware so you can try before you buy :)

www.myrro.com 		4bes (2848)
149871 2003-06-05 08:40:00 Hi

Have a look here (www.e-press.com) & [url=http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2065-10205273.html?tag=lst-0-24]here[u/url]

Try the usual software archive sites like Cnet, Znet and of course PCWorld.

Cheers Murray P 		Muzzer (238)
149872 2003-06-05 08:44:00 Sorry reload that link :8}
Have a look here (www.e-press.com) & [url=http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2065-10205273.html?tag=lst-0-24]here[u/url]

Try the usual software archive sites like Cnet, Znet and of course PCWorld.

Cheers Murray P 		Muzzer (238)
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