[lug] Wiki server suggestions for small organization

[Davide Del Vento]

Hi Vince,
Nice hearing from you, I hope you're doing well.

Some uncommon suggestions follow:

How about github's wiki? I think it covers all the requirements you make.
The only point which I don't know is about the wiki being public facing or
private. I know github offers private repositories, and I assume private
wikis too -- but I suspect there are some strings attached and I have not
explored them.

Another option to consider, if as it sounds most of the information you
want to store is lists, rather than narrative, is Trello. Trello is not a
wiki, but I've been using it ever since one of my interns at NCAR dragged
me in (screaming and kicking because I did not want yet-another-account,
however it does support logging in with Google and other account
providers). Just to be clear, Trello does support narrative and text too,
but not extremely well -- for example you cannot easily make tables in the
text. However it supports lists and deadlines **extremely** well.

Last, but not least, Google docs/drive/spreadsheet. Pretty much everything
you would like to have, besides index pages (because they trust so much
their search function that there is no index and if you are not very well
organized you end up like in a messed up pile of paper in a file cabinet).

HTH, at least to think about your requirements, if not to find your
solution :-)
Cheers,
Davide

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 3:06 PM Vince Dean <vincedean at frii.com> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> As a board member of a local non-profit, the Louisville Art Association,
> I'm working on a project to better manage our information, both paper-based
> and digital. I'm focused now on the digital part.  As treasurer for the
> last two years, I was astonished by the complexity of our operations.
> Finding the facts, policies and contact people was the biggest challenge.
>
> A few years ago, when I worked at NCAR, I had good luck using an in-house
> Wiki server to share active information with team members. I'm hoping to
> repeat that success with the Art Association. Considerations include:
>
>    - I don't want to own or maintain a public-facing web server. I'm
>    Unix-savvy but not a proper system administrator.
>    - The site should be easy for our team members to search and update.
>    Artists are not known for their tech skills.
>    - We would be willing to pay a modest fee, but cost is certainly an
>    issue.
>    - It might be convenient, but not necessary, to associate files with
>    some of the Wiki pages, but the primary goal is to manage text-based
>    information.
>    - The scale is very small. We have about 150 members but only a few
>    would actively use the Wiki. Not many simultaneous users.
>
> I know that there are companies which will host a Wiki but I don't have
> experience using any of them. I hope to find a solution which is simple,
> easy to use and inexpensive. (The Holy Grail of software?)
>
> I would welcome your suggestions on any aspect of this, especially if you
> have a success story to share.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Vince
>
> --
> Vince Deanvincedean at frii.com
> cell: 303-746-6048
>
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