Helen,

Our organization uses ebase - a free software that was originally  
developed as a fundraising software, but we just use it for  
membership. Its easy to use, and the price is right. We maintain over  
2,000 contacts using ebase, and there is obviously room for us to  
grow and use the database in new ways as we do.

For more info about ebase, visit www.ebase.org.

Jenny

Jenny Rosenzweig
Program Coordinator
Upstate History Alliance
11 Ford Avenue
Oneonta, NY 13820
800.895.1648
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On Jan 25, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Helen Dixon wrote:

> Hello all-
>
> I am a museum studies graduate student at the University of Michigan,
> Ann Arbor, and only recently joined your unbelievable discussion list.
>  Currently I'm working with the African American Cultural and
> Historical Museum of Washtenaw County as a final project, making some
> infrastructure recommendations for their all-volunteer operation.
>
> Right now the AACHM is keeping a running list of about 130 members in
> a word document.  They're interested in streamlining this list, and
> having a format which could easily export data to create mailing
> labels, or email lists, as the need arose.  They're hoping for a large
> membership increase as they develop procedures for recruiting and
> maintaining members in coming years.
>
> What are their options for easy-to-use, inexpensive membership
> databases?  I've talked to some small organizations which just use
> excel sheets... what about File Maker or some other program?  What do
> you all use and what is working?
>
> Thanks so much for the help (I hope this hasn't been asked a  
> million times),
>
> Helen Dixon
> PhD Student: Dept. of Near Eastern Studies
> Certificate Student: Museum Studies
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
>
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