If you are running an association, you know how painful any database updation is. You need to have the latest member list. It should be a reliable list. You also need to know whether the members have paid their subscription or not. You also need to know whethere there are any other dues or not. And, reminding them on their payment due data is another headache which needs to be handled.

Probably you also have an association website. You need to constantly update it. And also at the best price possible to keep the costs down. Probably, the entire website and the database are wedded to some system now. Even if there is an alternative easier to use system , there is the headache of transferring everything, which would make you feel like just sticking to the current system itself.

Wild Apricot’s association software makes all this much much easier to handle. This has the special ability of replacing upto 7 different software pieces. This has a very simple and easy content management system which looks like child’s play. It also has a hosting facility. The software has the ability to take in your member databases automatically into the website. There is a member self service portal through which members can either upgrade or renew their memberships. This is a page which is only for the members and secured and hence only the members can access it. It has an online system which helps you manage the signing up and the payment according to a per – set calendar. The system shows you clearly, at any given point in time, who have paid and who has dues left to pay. It also has features by which you can set up discussion forums or blogs. You can also send out newsletters on the mail. All this comes as fully automated. You can have an administration password which gives access only to the committe or board to review what is happening with the association.

In all, a very useful piece of software.