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Jim,
I changed the Subject line because I had to go back and figure out what it specifically was that piqued my interest.
While the general pages on giving should give us (AIS) some good ideas, it was the Planned Giving Guide guide that I was most interested in from a website programming perspective.
I could get some idea of how they did it all by looking at the page source online, but they use some techniques that would be very challenging (at least for me because I have never done any programming like that). For someone with _javascript_ experience it might not be so difficult.
Somebody needs to drive us forward in getting something like all that MOBOT has. Implementing static pages is well within what Chris and/or I can do. The dynamic process for the planned Giving Guide is a different matter.
Thanks John
Jim,
Do you know or do you have a contact at MOBOT that can tell you how
much and how long it took them to do all the programming for the
donations pages?
Was there some resource that they used (predefined pages, software
package of some sort?)
Thanks
John
*************************************************************************************** John, Sorry to be so late in responding to your questions. I talked with the MOBOT Major Gift Officer today explaining that we would like to pick their brain a bit about gift giving. She was most helpful because of AIS's positive involvement with the Garden since the 1920's. It didn't hurt that the Greater St. Louis Iris Society just recently turned over 2009 Iris Sale proceeds and donation totaling $8,000 to the Horticulture Department (peanuts to MOBOT but still appreciated). She said she would do a little research and get back to me -- probably after the holidays. After this initial research she said that she would have no problem with an AIS systems rep or lawyer/accountant talking directly with their systems folks or anyone else knowledgeable in their Planned Giving process. One company's name came up that may have been involved in their earlier process development: The Stelter Company. There is also another company (PhilantroTec, Inc.) that has copyrighted a method of calculating charitable contribution IRS deductions. Do you know if the AIS Foundation has any formal process developed? Maybe Gary White or Bob Hollingworth can comment? I'll keep you posted after she gets back to me. Thanks for expressing interest. No one else on AIS Discuss has responded. Jim M. ****************************************************************************************** |