[rfu-membership] Re: [rfu-tech] Fwd: [Stubblefield] CMS Recommendations for New Stations?

[Joe Futrelle]

FWIW, CiviCRM is what the Illinois Green Party is adopting as we migrate 
to a Drupal-based website.

Andrew Ó Baoill wrote:
> This discussion about relationship management programs suitable for 
> community radio stations may be of interest.
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: andy gunn <andy at prometheusradio.org>
>> Date: 21 Márta 2008 10:28:58 GMT-05:00
>> To: stubblefield at lists.prometheusradio.org
>> Subject: Re: [Stubblefield] CMS Recommendations for New Stations?
>> Reply-To: stubblefield at lists.prometheusradio.org
>>
>> prometheus has been looking at CiviCRM recently as an option for our use:
>> http://civicrm.org/
>> it integrates with joomla or drupal, both content management systems 
>> themselves:
>> http://joomla.org/
>> http://drupal.org/
>>
>> it extends the capabilities of joomla or drupal, and makes them full 
>> constituent
>> contact management systems.  it seems better targeted at the nonprofit 
>> / public
>> / civic sector than something like sugar or salesforce.
>> -a
>>
>>
>> al davis wrote:
>>> On Thursday 20 March 2008, Dharma Dailey wrote:
>>>> We're in the early stages of planning for our full power
>>>> station here   in Columbia and Greene Counties in New York.
>>>>  Right now we have a bunch of contact lists in excel files
>>>> which will be just fine for the next few months.   It would
>>>> be great to hear from other stations what they are using for
>>>> contact management.    Does anyone out there have a
>>>> customized version of Salesforce or Sugar, etc. that is
>>>> nicely optimized for their community radio station?
>>>
>>> We are looking at "Cream" .. it's free/open-source from the same
>>> people that make Campcaster (broadcast automation).
>>>
>>> We too are in the early stages, and have not made any real
>>> decisions yet,
>>>
>>> Main site:
>>> http://campware.org/
>>>
>>> Site for Cream:
>>> http://campware.org/en/camp/cream_news/
>>>
>>> =========quote======
>>> Cream is a multilingual customer relationship management (CRM)
>>> system for media organizations that features powerful modules
>>> for sales automation, customer service, subscription
>>> management, incoming and outgoing email, template-based HTML
>>> newsletters, and a WYSIWYG editor.
>>> =======end quote=====
>>>
>>> They have a whole package of stuff, all designed for community
>>> radio.
>>>
>>> I prefer free/open-source all the way, when possible, because it
>>> is community driven, like us.
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>>
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>> | Andy Gunn - Technical and Training Organizer - Prometheus Radio 
>> Project |
>> |   SBE Certified Broadcast Radio Engineer and Networking 
>> Technologist    |
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> Andrew Ó Baoill
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