Wow, are you sure you don't want to link your membership to any other information sources? It seems to me that if your base were to grow at all, this could become necessary in the future.  I am using a cumbersome access based database now, and I know it's not what you're looking for (besides, it is not as functional as I'd like) but I have worked in other cpacities with Filemaker Pro in the past and found it an excellent system that can be a great tool for a small organization, yet flexible enough to accommodate growth.  If I were you I wouldn't rule it out just yet.

 

Good Luck!!

 

Anne M. Lehmer

Director of Annual Fund and Membership

The Children's Museum, Seattle

305 Harrison Street

Seattle, WA  98109-4695

p: 206.441.1768 x230
f: 206.448.0910
www.thechildrensmuseum.org

The Children's Museum, Seattle brings to life the joy of discovery for children and their families through fun, creative, hands-on explorations of the world around them.

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From: Diane Gutenkauf [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:09 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Membership management software

 

In August I become the membership chair for a professional committee and am interested in purchasing software to manage membership records. Our group has about 850 members and we're currently tracking them in a spreadsheet program.

 

We don't need to link the membership database to anything else (such as ticketing or donor databases) so I'm interested in recommendations from smaller organizations who manage relatively similar membership sizes.

 

If you use a software package specifically designed to manage membership, would you mind letting me know what that package is?

 

Thanks in advance to all of you using database software (access, filemaker, etc.) but I'm really more interested in an off-the-shelf package, not a database. I've got access free, like a good MS client, and don't want to use it.

 

Regards,

 

Diane Gutenkauf

NAME Membership Chair-heir apparent

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