Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentooo 501(c) accounting

[Jigme Datse Rasku]

I have been using LedgerSMB as when I was looking everything except
SQL-Ledger (which got forked to LedgerSMB) was either too expensive
(commercial, and a lot didn't run on Linux) or more pain than writing in a
ledger book (easier to screw up, and harder to remember what I was doing
anyway).

As I haven't looked at options for ages, due to feeling LedgerSMB continues
to be a good fit (I switched to them soon after the fork), and mostly fails
for me in terms of multiple features I don't really need, or so far haven't
even found a use case that works for me, but many over time which I thought
I wouldn't use, I do now.  don't need to, but it works.

I expressed recently that *if* they created a "only new code" version which
only had basic accounting features, I could, and would work with it, if
that worked mostly like that is currently working.

For me, as the interface (web based) is a huge plus over anything I looked
at in the past.

On Dec 7, 2016 10:32, "james" <garftd@×××××××.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> There was some discussion before about the software used for gentoo the
> charity (501)(c). It seems to have perked up a bit of discussion on
> gnucash, where all of the posting I have read suggest that gnucash is a
> wonderful accounting system for  charity organizations. There also appears
> to be lots of experience and help to. I thought this issue need a separate
> thread on gentoo-dev, a robust decision, and a team based solution, if  not
> a council item.
>
> Here is the latest posting I have received on the 501(c) subject matter,
> I thought I share and formally open up a discussion on the subject:
>
>
>
> Here's my original post::
>
> Hello gnucash users.
>
> I use gnucash for my small business, for years and I'm quite happy with
> it. Recently, I was ask if Gnucash has as good of support for 501(c)3
> non-profits as does ledger (www.ledger-cli.org)?
>
> Any and all comments are warmly received.
>
> James
> ........................................
>
> The the most recent reply:
>
> >
> > [1] http://www.ledger-cli.org/
>
> I regard cli accounting as a friend of GnuCash rather than the
> competition, there isn't anything one can do that the other can't in
> accounting terms, also notice that cli accounting is becoming less so as
> time passes, there are UIs and SQL type reports and so on being added
> all the time, the principle is that compared to commercial products you
> can, if you really want to, see a stream of transactions in ordinary ABC
> and 123 terms, gnc can be dumped to cli and vice versa.
>
> I'm not saying you or someone else should choose one or the other, I'm
> asking you to thunk which is most likely to get people keeping good
> records for the benefit of their non-profit.  I know that for one
> non-profit I help out with a basic cli would be a non-starter, no UI and
> the tx simply wouldn't get entered.
>
> > [2] http://www.accountingcoach.com/nonprofit-accounting/explanation/1
>
> worth reading, note the bits about restricted funds, that is what people
> that are familiar with for-profit orgs usually struggle with conceptually
>
> > [3] https://sfconservancy.org/npoacct/
>
> that's been updated since I read it last but seems to be more face lift
> than new content
>
> James, you've got some good links there but don't actually say what the
> imperatives for your correspondent are.
>
> I, and I am sure others, are happy to espouse GnuCash, *if we think it
> is right* for your org.  I don't have enough to go on.  There is little
> harm in trying it, however, as it is easy enough to get your tx in and
> out if cli accounting is your alternative.
>
> Happy helping and non-profiteering (if that is even a concept in merka
> post Trump)
> --
> Wm
>
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>
> Surely our code of conduct, evidence by principled and publish documents
> and the records of expenditures over the years, are quintessential
> documents and should experience governance in the sunshine, or no?
>
> hth,
> James
>
>