[pp.int.general] [pp-eu] Party IT systems.. - the back ends..

[Andy Halsall]

On Monday 28 May 2012 18:21:56 Justus Römeth wrote:
> Mailing Lists (plural) and Redmine certainly helped us, but in the end
> party-wide communication is just very iffy or nearly impossible with a
> certain size. 

I've looked at redmine and it didn't seem to fit, or rather would introduce 
fairly large admin overhead and make it hard to simply delegate stuff out 
(providing a system only works if it gets used after all, we just shut down a 
feng-office install on the basis of non-use).

> There certainly is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach,
> especially as soon as you start to attract 'offliners'. 

True.

> Having great
> elected party officers with big teams of volunteers behind them certainly
> helps keeping somehow track of things happening.

Yeah that's kind of where we have been, the problem comes if people drop out, 
we lose where we are with stuff, which is less than helpful.
> 
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Andy Halsall
> 
> <a.halsall at pirateparty.org.uk>wrote:
> > Hey ho,
> > 
> > Looking for some ideas on coordination and campaigns support from an IT
> > perspective.  I've been evaluating Things like groupware packages,
> > civicrm and
> > other crm packages and a couple of project apps, but haven't found
> > anything that ticks even most of the boxes yet.
> > 
> > I wondered what people were aware of that might make the following easier:
> >        1a. Inbound Communications (tracking inbound communications to
> > 
> > teams and
> > making sure that follow ups happen and can be handed between people).
> > 
> >        1b. Outbound Communications (the ability to drop out mailings to
> > 
> > groups
> > based on some criteria - location, membership, interests etc..)
> > 
> >        2. Task management, the delegation of and acceptance of 'stuff
> >        that
> > 
> > needs
> > to be done' within a team.
> > 
> >        3. Reporting on and tracking of the effectiveness of our actions,
> > 
> > whether
> > that's a specific campaign or event.  This should also include things
> > like donation and membership payments being linked to a 'thing' if there
> > was a thing that caused the donation/membership.
> > 
> > 
> > At the moment we are using calendars, forums and mailing list and a wiki,
> > but
> > as we get more people coming in for contact it's getting harder to use
> > sensibly and delegation is not as simple as it could be.  Essentially we
> > are
> > making our lives harder than they need to be when it comes to
> > organisation online.
> > 
> > We also have a mild issue in the way we are organised for elections, that
> > is
> > to say because it's all FPTP and very local much of the time, we have to
> > be able make use of this to get pretty granular, down to areas that are
> > essentially small town sized, especially for issues, whilst still being
> > able
> > to task national resources for support...
> > 
> > So, any ideas? What are others doing?
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Andy Halsall
> > Campaigns Officer
> > Pirate Party UK
> > +44 (0) 7505111705
> > 
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> > political
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> > Kingdom.
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-- 
Andy Halsall
Campaigns Officer
Pirate Party UK
+44 (0) 7505111705

For more information on the Pirate Party UK, please visit our website at 
http://www.pirateparty.org.uk.  If you wish to receive regular press 
statements from the Party (or no longer wish to receive them) please email the 
Press Office at press at pirateparty.org.uk.  The Pirate Party UK is a political 
party registered at 11, 45 Streatham Hill, London, SW2 4TS, United Kingdom.
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