Re: [school-discuss] auctioning open source software

["Mark Rauterkus" <mark.rauterkus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Yes, this (an open-source auction software package) is a great need.
We have a big service auction for our church and use closed code
software. :( Building an open-source solution would be a wonderful
addition to the tool box and could be a valued asset to many
organizations.

What about the Social do-good folks, whatever that name is??? They
love to go to gala events -- and -- love to do a bang-up job when
everyone's watching. Perhaps they would be a good place to seek coders
or else have one there put it out to their lists.



On 8/7/06, Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Folks, is anyone aware of open source software that could do this for a
> school that is having auctions for fundraising?  If not, we should put
> it on someone's list, if fundraising is not an important part of school
> technology, I don't know what is.
>
> Daniel
>
> "We are looking at a software called AuctionPay that we hope to use.  We
> used this software for our last auction, but only the terminals for
> swiping credit cards during the night of the auction.  Using all
> components of this software will allow us to enter auction items, bid
> numbers, bid sheets, and will link family information for ease in
> checking out, in addition to tracking rsvp's.  It also can link to our
> website.  The AuctionPay representative (who is not in Atlanta) can do
> an on line demonstration and give us 14 days to try it out.  The cost of
> the software is $1,595 and goes up September 1^st , so I'm hoping we can
> set up the demo during the first week of school and have those last
> couple of weeks in August to try it out before the price increase."



Ta.

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