Comments on: Is Your Church in the Cloud? http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Greg Davis http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15188 Greg Davis Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:44:42 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15188 Apparently according to the IRS rules, churches have 'defacto' 501(3)(c) status. Apparently according to the IRS rules, churches have ‘defacto’ 501(3)(c) status.

]]> By: John Voorhis http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15187 John Voorhis Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:55:56 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15187 Comprehensive Google apps vs Exchange discussion @ the Church IT Roundtable: http://citrt.pbworks.com/Google-Apps-Pros-Cons-Other Comprehensive Google apps vs Exchange discussion @ the Church IT Roundtable:

http://citrt.pbworks.com/Google-Apps-Pros-Cons-Other

]]> By: Malcolm http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15186 Malcolm Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:03:59 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15186 Yes, we are. We are using Church Community Builder for our church CRM and online community. Still need to expand overall usage within the church though. Our staff is now using Google Apps mail... although all of them are using Outlook to check their email... we are looking at ways to go more cloud based. Yes, we are.

We are using Church Community Builder for our church CRM and online community. Still need to expand overall usage within the church though.

Our staff is now using Google Apps mail… although all of them are using Outlook to check their email… we are looking at ways to go more cloud based.

]]> By: Nick Blevins http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15185 Nick Blevins Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:46:44 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15185 Greg, your church isn't a qualified non-profit? I noticed your church giving page says gifts are 100% tax deductible, how do you pull that off without a 501c3? We simply provided our tax id # and Google approved it pretty quickly. Greg, your church isn’t a qualified non-profit? I noticed your church giving page says gifts are 100% tax deductible, how do you pull that off without a 501c3?

We simply provided our tax id # and Google approved it pretty quickly.

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]]> By: Matt Kerner http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15183 Matt Kerner Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:04:01 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15183 We've been using the cloud for almost three years for mail services and docs. Most of our cloud services come from Google, but we do use S3 and a few other services. We do all of our worship planning in Google spreadsheets and collaborate with a lot of other documents. Using Google Apps for mail has been great in reducing management overhead. To date we've not really had any major issues. I do sometimes wonder about the need for local backups of cloud data, but haven't put much work into it yet. We’ve been using the cloud for almost three years for mail services and docs. Most of our cloud services come from Google, but we do use S3 and a few other services. We do all of our worship planning in Google spreadsheets and collaborate with a lot of other documents. Using Google Apps for mail has been great in reducing management overhead. To date we’ve not really had any major issues. I do sometimes wonder about the need for local backups of cloud data, but haven’t put much work into it yet.

]]> By: Eric Frisch http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15182 Eric Frisch Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:45:48 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15182 Definitely. We use Planning Center, Google Calendar, Box.net (to distribute charts, etc. to band members), Dropbox (to move files to our PowerPoint laptop, no matter who has it at the time). Definitely. We use Planning Center, Google Calendar, Box.net (to distribute charts, etc. to band members), Dropbox (to move files to our PowerPoint laptop, no matter who has it at the time).

]]> By: JayCaruso http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15181 JayCaruso Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:31:23 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15181 Graham, Check this link. This is the form to fill out. As you can see, there is an area there where you select that you have under 3000 people. Says it takes about 1-2 weeks to make the change. http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/request.py?contact_type=nonprofit Graham,

Check this link. This is the form to fill out. As you can see, there is an area there where you select that you have under 3000 people. Says it takes about 1-2 weeks to make the change.

http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/request.py?contact_type=nonprofit

]]> By: Joseph Parente http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15180 Joseph Parente Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:31:02 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15180 Hmm.. I guess I was thinking more in terms of hosting. We are using many of the same services: Google Apps Basecamp Facebook, Twitter Vimeo Lala LogMeIn Etc. Anyone have insight on publicly accessible cloud storage in particular? Hmm.. I guess I was thinking more in terms of hosting. We are using many of the same services:

Google Apps
Basecamp
Facebook, Twitter
Vimeo
Lala
LogMeIn
Etc.

Anyone have insight on publicly accessible cloud storage in particular?

]]> By: Greg Davis http://churchm.ag/is-your-church-in-the-cloud/#comment-15179 Greg Davis Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:25:41 +0000 http://churchit.com/?p=533#comment-15179 Yea, I tried that for our church but the problem was we did not have an official 501(3)(c) filing. Google requires that identification number in order to qualify for the upgraded edition. Yea, I tried that for our church but the problem was we did not have an official 501(3)(c) filing. Google requires that identification number in order to qualify for the upgraded edition.

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