Not a CF solution, but... Last year, my child's extremely underfunded soccer organization faced a similar situation. A good number of the participating families qualify for reduced / free registration and there aren't enough operating funds for jerseys, trophies, etc.
We wanted to publish a 'scrapbook' with names and photos of every child participating, team records, and information about the league. We tried to get advertisement dollars from local businesses but were unable to find enough suitable sponsors. Put up a community Web site using Mambo CMS and used the community builder plug in to collect pictures and profiles for all the players. Had to make some simple customizations to capture info specific to the teams kids played on. Coordinated with her school librarian and the public library to train parents on how to use it. Built a script in Jasper Reports to generate the scrapbook as a PDF document for people to download. We printed 20 copies as giveaways at Kinko's on high quality glossy paper and used some heavy report covers from Staples to make them more durable. We did find a local printer, btw, who offered to bind the scrapbooks cheaply for anyone who was interested. But the scrapbook came out perfect and families loved them. Technologies Involved: Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP Mambo CMS w/ plug-ins from MamboForge Jasper Reports The Gimp Total Time Commitment: 4 hours installing, customizing and testing Mambo Several hours spent in libraries teaching librarians how to do put in player profiles Maybe 2 hours buying printouts and covers Total Cost: $2.80 per book to print on high-quality paper at Kinkos About $15 for covers from Staples Time M --- Eric Creese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With school budgets ever so tightening, my child's > school is having a problem with getting the funds > together as well volunteers for their annual > yearbook. I was thinking hey put it online, but then > no one can actually save it or have a copy to get > people to sign. But if it were on line and then > downloaded as a file on someone's machine, they > could print it off themselves on their home > computer. Plus years from now when they loose theirs > they could down load it again from the school site. > > Anyone got any ideas for this? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184156 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
