Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: info management software

[Max Tite (maxtite]

Gather <https://info.gather.coop> is the open source application designed
and developed for intentional communities, and it has been in use for over
five years by a growing number of cohousing and other communities. Our
community (Monterey Cohousing in Minnesota) has been using it for a few
years now and it is serving our needs quite well.

Gather's tools provide a centralized resource for everyone in the community
to use and rely on for things like--

   - team/committee activity coordination and tracking,
   - reference library for documents,
   - Member Households directory,
   - meal coordination and signups,
   - work contribution tracking,
   - reservation system for common resources,
   - event planning, and
   - a flexible communications platform for messaging and chats.

Gather data is secure and password-protected for member access only. The
program tools are easy to learn and use. The Gather organization is
supported by several very talented and enthusiastic people and is
structured as a cooperative, so open-source development and support
resources will be available to everyone for the long term.

In full disclosure, my wife Leila and I have volunteered to provide support
assistance for Gather! So if you are interested in a live guided tour of
features, just let me know and we'll set up a little demo for you, Muriel!

*The best link for an overview is found here: https://info.gather.coop
<https://info.gather.coop/>.*

Max Tite
626-629-8483
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On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 7:11 PM Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu> wrote:

> Yochai, can you say anything about Gather? Do you have experience using it?
>
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 7:25 PM Yochai Gal <yochaigal [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Gather.
> > https://gather.coop/
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 7:07 PM Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm interested in this topic as we're using a mixture of Google Docs,
> > > TeamUp, and a Mailman listserv, with the finance team on their own
> system
> > > (I assume it's Excel-based) and a separate Meals accounting process.
> It's
> > > the opposite of comprehensive and is not the most intuitive for non-IT
> > > folks to use.
> > >
> > > I'm aware of Mosaic but don't know what the user experience is like.
> Can
> > > any users (or former users) comment on how much of your needs it
> handles
> > > and how well? How robust is it? What has your experience been if you
> had
> > > problems?
> > >
> > > Are there any other comprehensive systems like Mosaic? Again, I'd love
> to
> > > hear from users (or former users).
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >    Muriel at Shadowlake Village Cohousing
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