Administration

Running a Democratic Club is like running a small business: accounting requirements, state mandated filings, membership list maintainance, communications, Party rules, and regular event planning - and that's before you get to the politics!

Most clubs use some online document tools to make it easier to share information and work together. All of these solutions offer a Freemium model, with more sophisticated functions available for a monthly fee.

Airtable

"Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, teams use Airtable to organize their work, their way." This is how

Airtable⁠

describes itself. It breaks down the barriers and complexity of linking disparate data. Input from online forms can be easily converted into spreadsheet like tables and used to generate emails and other forms of communication. There are many third party onine tools that integrate directly with Airtable.

Coda

"For years, our teams have been split across documents, spreadsheets, and apps. Time to bring us back together." Like Airtable,

Coda.io⁠

also merges spreadsheet like tables directly into documents, and again supports integrations with thrid party tools. For example, some clubs accept online payments using Dropbox that's powered by Stripe that automagically updates entries in Coda - so when a member joins online, their details are directly updated in Coda.

Coda documents can be easily published, and when viewed on a smartphone are nicely formatted for easy access. In fact this website is one Coda document with subpages.

Google Docs

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Google Docs⁠

started the migration to online editing of documents and forced Microsoft to move their Office solution online. Unlike Airtable and Coda, Google still maintains separate documents and spreadsheets, although they can be linked, and using Goole Sites they can be easily published online.

The Party's

GO Team website⁠

is powered by Google Sites (if you need access contact Staff).

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