Hi Daniel, Kevin, Why don't we schedule a session in an offline and more interactive platform (i.e. Skype) to discuss fundraising day2day workflow and other important aspects to see whether there could be a benefit for Fundraising PoC, and feedback the result of that session into this (or any other appropriate) ml?
Best regards, Pierre Smits *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President* *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member* Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges) since 2008* Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Daniel Ruggeri <drugg...@primary.net> wrote: > Hi, Pierre; > > Interesting that you mention this - I had reached out to Sharan a > little while ago to inquire if OFBiz might be a tool we would want to > use for managing our fundraising day-to-day workflow. I must confess > that I lost focus on that effort, but came to see that it certainly > seems possible. > > So, aside from the idea of physical order lifecycle management, I > would be game for doing a POC of sorts for OFBiz as a CRM type of tool, > too. > > -- > Daniel Ruggeri > > On 9/14/2018 6:50 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > This may not be the correct ml, but please forgive me. > > > > With the advent of the upcoming ACNA18 (plus other - planned - future US > > and EU roadshows, collaborations with other event producers, like FOSDEM, > > etc. and the prospective ACEU19) I foresee an uptake in ordering, > shipping > > & receiving, and tracking of ASF stuff [2]. > > > > Currently we maintain (dare I say haphazardly?) our inventory via a page > in > > confluence (see [1]) and the processes for requesting, ordering, shipping > > (including drop-shipping) & receiving ASF stuff are happening in various > > MLs and other comm channels (hip chat) and the procedures seem informal > as > > well. > > > > Also, we are increasingly communicating/promoting that products like > > project specific consumables (powered-by stickers, business-cards etc.), > > can be ordered/requested for 3rd party events, etc.. > > > > With the recently - informally - announced image site by Daniel (Gruno) > [3] > > we now have about approx 500 project logo and PB images that can be > > requested in various sizes. > > Combining all of the above we're potentially talking about dozens, if not > > hundreds, individual transactions for requesting, ordering, shipping, > > receiving, etc. over the course of the coming years > > > > I would think that an ASF specific OFBiz instance (to work with the > > aforementioned repo of - approved - images) could be of benefit here. > With > > this we could have one (front-/back-end) location/solution where: > > > > 1. (initially) approved parties could: > > 1. order from suppliers to deliver to the - various - keepers (as > listed > > in [1]) and future keepers; > > 2. as ASF 3rd party event-coordinators, could order for the event > > their coordinating to deliver directly (drop-shipment) to the event > > location; > > 3. confirm receipt of shipped goods; > > 4. transfer inventory items from one keeper to another, with > > automatic service orders for e.g. DHL, UPS, etc.; > > 5. have an approval process (for budget holders) in place for > > [#2],[#4] with automatic invoices to be sent to the > Treasurer/Virtual > > (and/or other stakeholders) > > 6. keep track of what the ASF has in stock/use at event/keeper > > locations > > > > > > Of course, the above is only a short intro and there may be a lot of > > aspects that can/should be elaborated upon. I am happy to address such > > questions and/or remarks (from the various stakeholders) to see whether a > > PoC could establish additional insights. > > > > What are your thoughts on this? > > > > > > [1] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage. > action?pageId=81789772 > > [2] ASF consumables like stickers, bracelets, leaflets, etc., and ASF > > non-consumables like the feather, banners, recorders, etc. > > [3] http://www.apache.org/logos/ > > > > Best regards, > > > > Pierre Smits > > > > *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President* > > *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member* > > Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer > > *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without > privileges) > > since 2008* > > Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
