Thanks Larry, On 01/14/2015 09:28 AM, Larry Brigman wrote: > I know you want to move stuff to FOSS but here is some info to help > convince others. > > Be aware that QB can become ransomware. A friend that does Taxes and > bookkeeping ran into this. Something about 15K limit on one records like > invoices. Once you hit the limit you cannot get into the data without > upgrading to QB pro.
I have considered moving to their web based system so in two years all I have to do is pass along the user id and password. Haven't looked into costs yet so Rich's suggestion of jgnash may be the way. Rod -- > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Roderick Anderson <raander...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Recommendations? >> >> I just took on the Treasurer position for a local non-profit which >> includes tracking membership and dues. >> >> Currently the club (Kootenai Amateur Radio Society) is using Quick Books >> for accounting and Excel spreadsheets for membership rosters. So here I >> am trying to get a Windows system up for QB and using a spreadsheet for >> something better done with a data base. >> >> Did some research (Google searches) but probably picked poor search >> terms. Didn't get good results. >> I seem to remember some mention on the list of others working with >> membership handling. Therefore the request for recommendations. >> >> Dream solution: >> >> First: it is FOSS. >> >> Second: runs on Linux or Windows. >> >> Third: not web based right now as I don't know the full story on the >> clubs hosting situation but could put up my own server if that is the >> better solution. >> >> Forth: If it is OSS, coded in Perl or ... PHP so I can feel fairly >> comfortable if hacking is needed. C, Fortran, Basic and Python can be >> dealt with. >> >> As usual all thoughts, ideas, or clue-sticks are appreciated. >> >> >> \\||/ >> Rod >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
