[ALAC] Fwd: Application for Funding - Memberclicks - from the LAC Region

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Dear Committee:

I provide below the request for funding for the MemberClicks service by the
LAC Secretariat.

The process requires my acknowledgment of the receipt of the request, which
has been sent; since the regional secretariat has made the request, the
request would now go to a funding decision from ICANN.

It would seem to me that the need for a database for members is something
the entire community needs. This tool is English-only, which is a drawback,
but after looking I have found that all the MMSes (Membership Management
Systems) which are to be easily found are also English only.

I have made the point to the staff that what ICANN needs in the fullness of
time is a database which would hold records of all constituencies, not just
one, and that we should look at a procurement process that identifies a good
solution, and part of what should be considered is a multi-lingual solution.

However, that would take some time and with memberclicks, we would have
something much better than we have now, which is a static web page with
out-of-date information and a bunch of Excel spreadsheets which get mailed
around periodically. The cost of the system is also very reasonable (about
US$100 per month), and extracting the data and migrating it at some later
point to another system would be a simple process.

ACTION POINT:

Does anyone on the committee OBJECT to our using MemberClicks as the
membership database at least for the medium term for the community as a
whole? And, if there is an objection, could you please tell us all what the
nature of the objection is?

If no objections are received in, say, the next week, I will assume we're to
go ahead.

If there are comments or questions from other regions, by all means register
them.

For those wishing to look further, please see www.memberclicks.com.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carlton A Samuels <carlton.samuels at uwimona.edu.jm>
Date: 07-Feb-2007 23:37
Subject: Application for Funding - Membersclick
To: nashton at spamcop.net

 Nick:

I have attached the paperwork for the funding request for Membersclick.
Your usual advice and consent requested.



Cheers.

Carlton



Carlton A. Samuels

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