Database Desires

* ability to track and sort donors (silverelf) (does this need to be automated? Eric says no, not enough donors to warrant paying for automated system, happy to enter by hand)

* ability for multiple people to access through web based front-end (silverelf)

* ability to differentiate between web members, local group members, etc (could send email to all Icaristas on west coast announcing an event for example) (silverelf)

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Database concerns:

-Cost

-Ease of end-user use

-Ease of installation/configuration/maintenance

-Closed source vs Open source

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Link to spreadsheet comparing and contrasting some of the most commonly used donor management software

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/databases/page5961.cfm

Link to similar discussion by US Social Forum organizers:

http://ict.ussf2010.org/wiki/crm