I want to set up a database of contacts for a non-profit organization which will also collect other data like membership expiration, source, some dates which will accomplish the following:
- mailing labels
- mail merge into a letter
- volunteer phone lists
- emailing to a group (i.e. an email list)
- membership management
- donations and thank you letters
I would like a database that can be accessed on both Windows and OSX computers and updated by multiple people with access to the computer that holds the master copy. I am unfamiliar with LO, but it seems like it is a DB front end that requires a separate DBMS such as MySQL, etc. Is it feasible to do what I describe above with LO and, if so, what DBMS is available on both platforms? Some of the volunteers who might be entering data run Windows and some OSX so it is important that this work on both (although not necessarily at the same time); i.e. the database might reside on a Windows machine and then later be transferred to a mac.
Also, what is “LO Fresh” vs “LO Still”? I couldn’t find a description of these and don’t know which one to download to create a prototype.
Thanks