Setting up GNUcash for an association

[Mike or Penny Novack]

effe iets anders wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> thanks for your input, Michael and Robert! Michael, what you say makes 
> sense indeed. Having a manual input and new accounts for every new 
> donation (recurring donations won't be the general I expect), I'd like 
> to somehow import it from a .940 . Entering new accounts doesn't 
> really scale I'm afraid.
>
> Do you think that GNUcash would actually be the best OS software for 
> this at all (donor book keeping)? Could you perhaps recommand a better 
> system for this part?
> We're not an association under US law btw, but that should not really 
> matter a huge lot for having a good system running :)
>
> Best regards, Lodewijk
>
I'm using GnuCash for the books. But no, neither of the organizations 
for which I am treasurer uses it for donor accounting. You will perhaps 
find that a spread sheet application is perfectly adequate for that. A 
mindless system for automating donor acknowledgments is a foolish time 
saver. A human is more likely to spot when a special letter needs t be 
drafted. Shouldn't base that solely upon donations size though of course 
"fat cats" need the personal touch. Your organization probably wants to 
to that also for a moderate size donation from  "'somebody important".

Keep in mind that I am treasurer, not corresponding secretary. That's 
what I meant by perhaps different people doing these jobs.

And sorry if I seemed too specific "for US regulations" but presumably 
wherever you are you have your own hoops to jump through.

Michael D Novack, FLMI