Every couple of weeks I have been pulling up the CiviCRM page on drupal.org and just wondering, "Is this just the solution I'm looking for? Or will it just be a bunch of headaches?" More and more, though, I'm thinking I will take the plunge. The features of it seem awesome -- and it's on Drupal, so there are thousands of modules out there that just might be the solution to today's problems. And most of the time, it's free.
On a side note, this touches on one of the coolest things about open source software -- it's free and open for your immediate use. There is no way I would have made my first website using a powerful Content Management System if it were going to cost me hundreds of dollars per month. But with it being free, I tend to just say, "Well, it might be worth a try. At the very least, I'm still learning, so it's not a waste of my time -- and it's not a waste of my money, either."
CiviCRM: manage community contacts, relationships, and activities
The CiviCRM module stores information on the universe of people associated with a community and on their interactions such as emails, donations, petitions, events, etc. It can act as a stand alone contact management system or it can be integrated with mass mailer, volunteer management, petition, and event finding. CiviCRM enables organizations to maintain all these activities in a single database, creating efficiencies and new opportunities for communities to better communicate and benefit from relationships with their community members.
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