[thelist] Community organizing sites?

[Judah McAuley]

You might want to check out CiviCRM: http://civicrm.org/

It was formerly called CivicSpace (and is based on Drupal) and was
created off of volunteers working on Howard Dean's Presidential
campaign. It is focused, last I saw, on organizing volunteers and
collecting and disseminating information to/from them. Might be just
what you are looking for.

Cheers,
Judah

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Bill Moseley <moseley at hank.org> wrote:
> I was asked about sites to facilitate the management of volunteers for
> events during the year.  Which would simply be a way to enter events on a
> calendar, specify times and the number of people needed.  This specific
> request was for managing volunteers for a year at a school.  i.e. On the
> 22nd we need four volunteers for a field trip.
>
> The idea is a central place people can go and find events that fit their
> schedule and sign up.  In addition a way to review your upcoming
> commitments, and what would be great is to have the system send out
> reminders by email a few days before the event where each person would
> re-confirm their involvement.
>
> Anyone have recommendations for sites like this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> I've looked at wejoinin.com, which is too basic. Lotsa Helping Hands is
> nice, but not meant for this purpose.  People have suggested just a google
> spreadsheet but would need to code some way to remind people.
>
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