(from maryland bridge, john k samson)
anyway!
so i’m in the process of moving my organization’s website from (proprietary hell) convio crm and cms tools to drupal & democracy in action. i’m working with these incredible designers and developers called floatleft and vernal creative. i’ve been really really skeptical of drupal in the past, but i feel like the issues with nonprofits and drupal primarily stem from orgs having very small web budgets and not being able to afford support & customization. so, i enter this drupal build with caution, but since we’re putting a solid chunk of cash into it, and working with trusted developers & designers i feel like we’re in great shape.
we’re also using democracy in action as a CRM. right now convio charges about 50K per year simply to maintain their service as a cms and crm. DIA however, charges $2000 to install and then $400 or $500 for maintenance. pretty cool.
i’m psyched to be bringing an open source platform into my work and i’m psyched to build with the folks i’m working with. i would use wordpress if i was building a blog, but given the kind of organization i’m building for, i think drupal is a good fit.
I READ THIS TO THE BOTTOM AND BEGAN TO CRY.
I was looking through found magazine’s website since I saw their slideshow the other night at union pool. Then I clicked on this picture and read the comments. It’s not the cruel banter you normally find online. Rather, it’s a bunch of people who have been through hard times talking about their lives. Take a look.