| Software Feature Comparison |
| Features |
MatsLETS |
Local Exchange |
Camden |
| Different types of Account? |
Only one TYPE, but one person could run an account
under different names, for example, one for themselves, and
one for their project. |
Account types are: Single, Joint, Household, Organisation,
Business, Fund |
Only one TYPE |
| Directory |
List of Goods & Services |
List of Members |
List of Members, but has an index which jumps
to it. |
| Member Locations? |
Sophisticated addresse categories enables organised
display of location, we could see County/City, Town/Borough,
Village/Neighbourhood and/or postcode. Distance
feature to be supplied from google also envisaged. |
Fewer address categories, so shows City only,
so perhaps postcode could be added (but
needs putting UK postcodes) |
Neighbourhoods are shown |
| Contact Details |
Allows a choice of primary or secondary contact,
ie not always a phone number. List is sortable from any column
heading, Name column is actually sorting
by Account numbers, but these are not visible. Why not have
a column for account number and a separate column for Name. |
List is better presented - but, as mentioned above,
location information is sparse. NB phone
number formats also needing making UK compatible. |
First name, phone number are always shown, emails
are optional. |
| Currency Name |
Hours, Currency or Favours can be shown - but
this may cause confusion - should a choice
be made when the system is configured for a group?. |
Only Hours are available -
but could the name be changed for a particular instance of the
software? |
Currency only. |
| Methodology |
Members transact online - choice of PUSH, PULL
and PUT - and a response is required to complete the transaction. |
Members transact online - simple PUSH mechanism,
but there is an administrator-only reverse transaction override
option. |
Members use cheques and the LETS accountant, puts
them on Excel. |
| Joining Procedure |
Member can give details, and later, the administrator
can accept the member. |
The Administrator has to put in the member details
- but it could be enhanced by by a CGI
form and method of reading batches of new members into the database. |
Admins have to give member details to webmaster. |
| Temporary Inactivation |
Don't know |
The Administrator can inactivate an account for
example if the member goes on holiday until a certain date. |
This would have to be done manually |
| Messaging - sending an email
to all members |
The admin can (I think). Members can email one
directory group at a time. |
The Administrator can email all members from the
website. |
This would have to be done manually (cc) from
the email system. |
| News Posting |
All members can |
Only the administrator can? |
In practice all members can, in practice ony someone
on the core-group does. |
| Uploads |
Admin can - but could not |
Core group can - need to test |
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