[fundraising] fundraising notes ---- eastern mass.

[Jamie O'Keefe]

>   we also need to do an email fundraiser, that is

email fundraisers aren't terrible effective for us.  The easiest thing
to do is to send to the announcements list, but have it tied to a
particular need and goal.  Having a graph on the web page showing how
much we have raised towards our goal would help as well.

>   >> use of supporter lists from previous campaigns

I am looking into this.

>   someone mentioned something about establishing or looking for existing tracking systems for revenue, and dan m's name got into the mix here. i'm unclear what that's about.

The tech comm is looking at replacing our not fully functional
supporter db with CiviCRM.  There is a fundraising component
(http://civicrm.org/civicontribute) that appears to perform some
tracking of contributions.  the key thing I believe is to have such a
system track pledges and tie receipts to pledges and track thank yous.

I would appreciate it if any fundraising comm. member wants to review
it to see if it meets your need.  See:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/CiviContribute+Guide

Thanks!

Jamie