Originally Posted by swag

I am on the Board for a fairly new 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and as the only technologist in the group, I am the de facto webmaster, CIO, and IT department.

We've got our website up and running, but we are looking to do more. Here's what I'm looking for.

1. Web database software. We want to create a database and allow website visitors to perform various ad hoc queries. We also need certain registered users to be able to insert (and update?) records in the DB. Our website is hosted on a shared server, so we need a package that will run using standard web technologies (i.e. I doubt our hosting company will allow installation of custom software).

2. Email list software or service. We send out a newsletter every once or twice a month. Currently, I do this with a regular email account, Outlook, and the BCC line. We have a few hundred subscribers, and this is already becoming cumbersome. We expect the list to grow to a few thousand over the next 2-3 years, and possibly much tens of thousands after that.

3. Membership / Contact Management software. We are currently maintaining our email list and membership rolls in Excel. Clearly, we will need a better solution as we grow. If it can integrate with the solution from (2) above, that would be ideal.

Thru my day job, I actually work with various products that can do these things at the high end (millions of users, 5 and 6 figure license fees), but I need something smaller, easier to manage, and cheaper. Freeware is preferred, but we could probably justify license fees for affordable products if they do the job right.

Thanks in advance.