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Non Profit U.S. Army / 17th Infantry Regiment Association
Organized in 1812 and still serving the United States with great distinction.

Hello, I'm trying to figure out if CiviCRM would be a good fit with my Association's needs.  I'm a past President of the National 17th Infantry Regiment Association and I'm currently the Webmaster and Newsletter editor.  I've been the webmaster for over 10 years and the site and its capabilities have grown a lot.  Last year I decided to configure a test site with Drupal and everything was going great with my test users, content, etc, not to mention my learning the "Drupal" ropes.  Unfortunately, I think that I got a little carried away with the modules and themes and during an update, bam, I lost all my Admin tools, etc.  I'll chalk it up as a lesson learned and will keep the next site standard and basic with much functionality without all the bells and whistles.

Our Association has about 1,000 members and I would be the main administrator The most important function would be the member details, member search function, etc.  Other than having photo, document, and information archives, a forum is also needed.  Simple, but functional for our users and functional for us to pull membership and financial reports.

Million dollar question, is CivCRM w/Drupal a good fit for our needs?

Below is a quick flow chart of what I see us providing our members and visitors in the future.


HOME

HISTORY
- Coat of Arms
- Abbreviated History
- Medal of Honor Winners
- Hall of Valor
- Distinguished Members of the Regiment
- Honorary CSM and Honorary Colonel of the Regiment
- Past Commanders

REUNIONS
- Upcoming Reunion Details
- Reunion Archives
- Reunion Forms
- Reunion by-laws and Requirements

OFFICERS and BOARD
- Officer and Board Contact Info
- Current Active Duty Commanders
- Current Honorary Positions

MEMBERSHIP
- Member Application
- Sample Newsletter
- Membership Breakdown
- Membership Payment Options
- 9 Different Membership Types

DONATE
- Non Profit Tax exemption Information
- General Quinn Scholarship Foundation
- Stewart Rothman Active Duty Scholarship
- 17th Infantry Regiment Memorial
- Ladies Auxiliary
- General (Postage and Misc Items)

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
- Past Issues of the Buffalo Bugle

DOCUMENT ARCHIVE
- Association Literature
- Regimental Literature
- Historic Archives

FORUM

OLD GUESTBOOK ARCHIVES
(Just to Read, Not interested in Setting up an Active Guestbook)

MEMBERS
- Search For Members
- View Members
- Add New Members

LADIES AUXILLERY
- By-Laws and Mission Statement
- Application
- News

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
- Mission Statement
- Application
- Requirements
- Past Winners

MISSION STATEMENT

QUARTERMASTER
- 17th Infantry Store (PayPal)

17th INFANTRY MEMORIAL
- Mission Statement
- News and Updates
- Paver Information
- Purchase a Paver

ROK YEARBOOK ARCHIVES
- Yearbook Archives From Korea

PHOTO GALLERY

ASSOCIATION REPORTS
- Membership Reports
- Treasurer Report
- Donation Reports

Agree with Peter, does not sound like anything Drupal and CiviCRM can not do, but the devil is in the detail. You might have to create some custom data and create some views.
Sounds like an interesting project, good luck! And keep us posted?
Erik