That's what I thought! What's the Jolly Rancher Exchange Rate these days? ;)
-- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > No way. We can schedule out $200/mo for the next 20 years if we want. So > if we had 100 members, and 70 have $200/mo without any incidentals or other > random charges, then we're only reviewing the remaining 30 plans to make > sure they're properly invoiced/charged. And out of those 30, for 25 of > them we would likely manually enter in $210, or @200.50 or something. The > last 5 would be because they pay by check or cash, or by piles of jolly > ranchers in our barter exchange program. (haha! of course we don't > exchange in jolly ranchers, but wouldn't that be hilarious???) > > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On May 16, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Jerome, > > Does this mean that every month you need to schedule a new $200/month > payment for each member? Or does it do that automatically? > > -Alex > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Our system can schedule in the future, auto-payments to credit cards on >> file. This is ideal for plans that just pays, say, $200/mo. >> However, they system does not run whatever outstanding balance is on a >> client's account. We have to manually enter the amount we want to run on >> their card, say, 10 days later. This occurs for plans that not only have a >> simple $200/mo plan, but also has other incidentals charged to their >> account: lost key replacement, printing, etc. >> >> >> Jerome >> ______________ >> BLANKSPACES >> "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" >> >> www.blankspaces.com >> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 >> 323.330.9505 (office) >> >> On May 16, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Got it, thanks! >> >> The reason I ask is because so many of the community/group/club >> management systems I've evaluated in the past do monthly *invoicing* but >> don't auto-debit (or if they do, they're pretty terrible at everything >> else). It looks like some of the pay gateway options that CiviCRM supports >> allows for auto-debit, which is good news. >> >> We're at the tail end of a migration from our old billing system and it's >> one of those things that I wish we'd done a few years ago. Doing it at the >> scale of hundreds of members has been one of the most time consuming >> processes I've ever been through. Necessary, but ouch. >> >> -Alex >> >> >> >> -- >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Devin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There's core support for about 20, including Google Checkout, PayPal and >>> Authorize.net <http://authorize.net/>. More here: >>> http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC41/Payment+Processors >>> >>> There is also an extension for Stripe.com <http://stripe.com/>, which >>> works nicely and is my payment processor of choice. I think a Dwolla >>> extension is in the works. >>> >>> On Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:07:22 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: >>> >>>> Devin, >>>> >>>> What payment processors does CiviCRM billing integrate with? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> /ah >>>> indyhall.org >>>> coworking in philadelphia >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Devin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've used Civi for a lot of things but not for space management. One >>>>> day when I have a space... >>>>> >>>>> To quickly address your CiviCRM questions: one important feature is >>>>> that it works inside a Wordpress site. It does membership management and >>>>> automated billing, It doesn't do access tracking or resource >>>>> reservations, >>>>> but I think that's what this extension proposes doing. >>>>> >>>>> CiviCRM isn't a perfect solution for coworking space management right >>>>> now but I come from the school of thinking that problems don't get solved >>>>> until there's a free/libre/open-source solution - and I'd put my money on >>>>> CiviCRM being that solution in the not too distant future. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:43:41 AM UTC-4, Cristina Santamarina >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Sam, congratulations for the close release! Your design is really >>>>>> nice, and you seem to handle most of what's needed - I am very very >>>>>> curious >>>>>> to see how you app works! I didn't find the time to watch a demo in GCUC >>>>>> but I'd love to try it once it is fully functional - when will I be able >>>>>> to >>>>>> click buttons and play around :) ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the mention to Cobot Brendan - it is great to see that >>>>>> someone is pointing to us even before I jump in the conversation. Lately >>>>>> I >>>>>> hear of a lot of new spaces using Cobot that learned about us through >>>>>> users >>>>>> comments in the discussion boards or that saw Cobot visiting other >>>>>> coworking spaces. Referrals prove us that we are on the right track and >>>>>> keep us moving. We send you coblove! >>>>>> >>>>>> As Adrian said, each space is managed in a very different way - it is >>>>>> hard to be a fit for all and that's why I see a reason for all of us to >>>>>> exist. Last year there were just three options: Nexudus, Nadine, and >>>>>> Cobot. I was looking for software for the coworking space that some >>>>>> friends >>>>>> were starting and fell in love with Cobot at first sight for the same >>>>>> reasons you mentioned - it is smooth and easy to use. I think the main >>>>>> reason behind this is that we run a space ourselves and don't >>>>>> overcomplicate things with additional features that end up being unused - >>>>>> That's why I joined the team, and why everyday I feel so happy and proud >>>>>> of >>>>>> being part of it and help so many spaces. >>>>>> >>>>>> Re CiviCRM, I am skeptic about generic CRM and ERP tools being >>>>>> adapted to coworking spaces management - after over 6 years working with >>>>>> workspace software and having tried many of these generic tools, I have >>>>>> lost my faith. Devin have you tried it yourself? What's the added value? >>>>>> I >>>>>> see in their list of features that they have an extensive contact profile >>>>>> and that they can also handle pledges, but they don't seem to handle >>>>>> membership plans, access tracking, resources reservations or automated >>>>>> billing - which are key to coworking software. Being a fit for all >>>>>> when you are a tool made for coworking is hard (we have to develop new >>>>>> features every week to fit the needs of new spaces using Cobot, and >>>>>> sometime we find that there's just no way to be a fit) so fitting the >>>>>> different coworking models when you're not even a tool made for coworking >>>>>> sound like a *very* hard thing. If they can make all this for the 4k$, I >>>>>> guess we will have to try yet another coworking management tool. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey this was a long answer - we should all meet afk at some point, >>>>>> this is a hot topic!! >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, January 21, 2013 11:30:52 PM UTC+1, Jason Saltzman wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello everyone. I own and operate a co-working space in Midtown NYC, >>>>>>> called AlleyNYC. We are looking for a member management solutions that >>>>>>> would integrate with a magnetic door lock mechanism, where we can also >>>>>>> manage certain pain points such as conference room allotment etc. I >>>>>>> kindly >>>>>>> ask for suggestions from any veteran. Racking my brain! 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