Re: Accounting Software for Sprorts Club

[Roger Searle]

I have been using sql-ledger a little in my role as a treasurer for a 
non-profit.  The particular implementation I have been using has the 
data sitting on a server in Wellington, I can log in and access the data 
on the internet, and it could be shared by a number of users.  It may be 
comparatively more complex to set up and beyond that needed for some 
very simple accounts, I have the advantage of it being set up for me to 
use by a Wellington linux pro.  Presumably it could be set up locally 
too?  Here at work we have MYOB, and sql-ledger does anything MYOB can 
as far as I have seen so far, and more too.  It is a "proper" accounting 
package (in my non-accountant experience) in that it uses a chart of 
accounts, has numerous useful reports, and has many useful features such 
as the ability to easily email customers who have overdue accounts (for 
example), and to save reports to pdf files. 

It is free (as in cost) and has support for 27 languages.  My end user 
experience is that it is very easy to learn and use for someone who is 
familiar with other accounting packages.

From http://www.sql-ledger.org/
SQL-Ledger can be used on any UNIX, Mac OS X and Windows computer. 
SQL-Ledger is written in Perl <http://www.perl.org>, developed on 
FreeBSD and Linux with Galeon, Konqueror, Netscape, Lynx, Links, W3M, 
Voyager, Explorer to render the display, Apache, thttpd, boa to 
communicate between the server and the browser, and PostgreSQL 
<http://www.postgresql.org>, Oracle <http://www.oracle.com>, or DB2 
<http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/> to store accounting data.

And a review on linuxjournal.com:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7290
Cheers
Roger
Ralph Stoker wrote:
Can anyone recommend some free accounting software for use by Korfball 
Canterbury...of which I have just become the treasurer for my sins.

I've just been looking over GnuCash which seems to fit the bill pretty 
well...but before I invest a lot of time trying to learn all the ins and outs 
has anyone used it and found it to work OK?...recommend another package?

If such packages are considered by those in the know to be overly complicated 
I may well just create a simple spreadsheet for the task...so many 
options...so little time!

Cheers
Ralph