Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Looking for examples of software coho use to manage community

[Sean Davey (sean]

Hi Julie,

I'm the author of Mosaic, software for helping cohousing communities. The 
software, hosting, modifications, and new features are all free. There are also 
self-hosting options and everything is open source.

Here are some of the features:
    • facebook-like news feed
    • unlimited calendars with reminders and sign ups
    • contact list of people and households with bios and pictures
    • groups/teams/committees with calendars, documents, minutes, etc.
    • support for subgroups (useful for sociocracy)
    • unlimited email lists
    • document storage and organization
    • decision making module with support for proposals, agendas, meetings, 
online voting, history, etc.
    • work tracking
    • photo gallery
    • online discussions
    • online surveys
    • notices ("For Sale", "Free Garden Produce", "Free Items", "Help Wanted", 
"Help Available", "Wanted to Buy", "Wanted for Free", "To Trade")
    • shared lists (e.g. lost and found, recommendations, recipes, movies)
    • full accounting system (with automatic invoicing of meals, guest room 
usage, HOA dues, etc.)
    • common meal calendar integrated with accounting and full reporting
    • private household pages with contacts, notes, recipes, todo list, 
accounting history, common meal history
    • private household calendars

more info at https://cohousing.site <https://cohousing.site/>

best,
  Sean

> Hello
> I'm part of Woodard cohousing in Olympia WA. I offered to ask around for 
> examples of software (open source or for purchase) to determine whether other 
> coho have solved a way to efficiently manage complex common house calendars, 
> finances, meals, etc? We're hoping to avoid re-inventing the wheel if a 
> solution already exists.
> 
> Woodard community uses a very old system which only one person knows how to 
> edit and it doesn't easily work across devices and has other problems that 
> are 
> not user friendly. The ONLY benefit to the current site is that it's free.
> 
> 
> 1. What does your community use for scheduling, etc?
> 2. Is it proprietary?
> 3. What are the pros/cons of using it?
> 4. Do you have multiple people who can edit and manage and backup the system 
> if it crashes?
> 
> THANK YOU and happy new year.
> 
> Julie
> Julie Ratner, Ph.D.
> Walkaboutwithjulie.com
> My motto: Breathe in. Breathe out. Thank a tree.
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