Submitted by phoenix9 on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 10:09pm

DATABASE CALL

10/25/09, 9:00 PM est

Present: Molly, Annie, Jonah, Angel, Will, Eric, Nick 

Scribe: Annie

Timekeeping: Molly

Facilitation: Angel

 

Proposal Elements

-       flip thinking around this

-       dive into Salsa with specific time-frame and intention to acquire as much info as possible, use as a Tool to learn from

-       techies in Icarus labs will meanwhile be putting energy into perfecting CivCRM/open source/free software

-       short, medium, and long-term strategy

-       important to listen to voices of folks who will be using it

-       all systems need ability to import contact info

-       CivCRM: huge strides recently

-       we need to learn what these tools are best at, by immersing ourselves in options

-       “Detour” through Salsa…but also might stay there if we love it

-       Great way to understand the compartmentalizing/compressing of info is by trying one way of doing it

 

* Synthesizing... a BOTH/AND rather than EITHER/OR approach! *

         

 

Upgrading TIP to Drupal 6…potential complication/timely process

-       But we were going to do anyway though

-       Need to figure out integration process: into Salsa…then into something else. IE: eventual export of data from Salsa to CivCRM

           

Nick’s Caution: don’t put too much data into Salsa if we’re not going to stick with it

 

Molly’s Top Priority:

A Mad Gift registry for volunteer coordination

 

Eric: more on the side of going with CivCRM, philosophically and financially


Questions
- Arrangement for waved start-up fee/free trial period?

- Timeframe: from consensus to start-up to smoothly functioning?

 

Agreements/Vision

  • Consensus to eventually move beyond Salsa…?
  • Empowering Nick to code/set-up open source
  • Check-points in calls on how it’s working for us
  • 3-month check-point about how it’s working overall

 

Next Steps

• Clarity around free trial/deal available to us à ANNIE (w/Mimi), JONAH (w/Charles)

• Nick’s role in this process: OK with volunteering for time being. Then will breakdown into steps, timing, payment, job sharing w/Eric again, etc. in future.

• NICK will update on the technicalities/timing piece re: Drupal 6 upgrade within the next two weeks

 

Projected Timeline

• November 1st: Register & get going with Salsa, to use for Winter Solstice fundraising campaign

• January 1st: Check point process begins

 

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