Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Software for cohousing communities

[Sean Davey (sean]

hi all,

just to clarify, the sites I host for communities do have a common meal system 
that can be integrated into the accounting system. The site I host for Nevada 
City Cohousing isn’t currently using the meal system because I believe they’re 
using a meal system developed by a community member. I’ll be happy to set up a 
meal system for them on their site should they decide they’d like to switch.

So far, each community’s meal system has been slightly different so I’ve 
modified the code to accommodate the unique features for each one. The meal 
system can be integrated with the accounting system which means that invoices 
can be automatically (or manually) created for each household (or individual) 
that signs up for a meal on the meal calendar. There are reports that show each 
household their meal history as well as one for the meal team to show meal 
history for the whole community. The accounting system can also optionally 
handle the entire accounting for a community including HOA invoices, credits 
for reimbursements, bill paying, bank deposits, reporting, budgeting, etc.

please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.

thanks,
  sean
http://cohousing.site
sean [at] sonoracohousing.com

> On Dec 10, 2015, at 3:56 PM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] COHOUSING-SOLUTIONS.COM>            |
> Sean Davey <sean [at] sonoracohousing.com>
> 
> Hi Sean and Katie,
> 
> Somehow I got browsing Cohousing-L archives about software for
> cohousing communities and came across the 3 messages from you two -
> mostly included below .  I summarize:
> 
> Katie likes meal program Nevada member Ken wrote (which Ken apparently
> does not plan to further develop).
> 
> Sean's software at  http://cohousing.site  (formerly / aka
> http://zenlunatics.org ) includes some meal related features.
> 
> Katie urges Sean to incorporate meal planning in his software.
> 
> I urge Katie to find a way to share desireable features of Ken's
> software to Sean so he might include them, maybe by
> 1) putting them in touch with each other so they can hopefully collaborate.
> 2) being more specific about desireable features.
> 
> Katie also wrote:
>> I think we should all encourage Sean to make this the coho software of
>> our time
> 
> Sounds like a good idea to me especially if it solves the meal needs well.
> 
> Fred
> 
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