(ISF) RE: Greetings from a new member

Hi Anne,

You should try Organizer's Database (ODB).  It is a great
database for member and volunteer tracking as well as
fundraising. It is written by a non-profit, Organizer's
Collaborative, which is based in Boston.

ODB is open source and free.  It is written in VB with an MS
Access backend. Download page: http://www.org
anizenow.net/odb/odb.php

I'd be glad to answer any questions that you have.

Disclosure: I'm a member of the ODB Advisory board, a
developer of ODB and a database consultant who specializes
in Non-Profit organizations.

Hope this helps.

Steve.
Steve Wishengrad
The Data Collaborative

voice: (617) 395-8094
voice/fax: (603)659-4668
email: stevedatacollaborative.com
web: www.datacollaborative.com


-----original message-----
>>I am the Director of a non-profit  that does
employment and training for low-income adults. We are in
desperate need of a data base to manage both our participant
information and our contacts.  I would really love an access
based data base - as I'm a little comfortable with querying,
etc - not surprisingly - there's no money in the budget for
this - and I was hoping  people might be able to suggest or
share some existing products.>>





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