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A discussion was started about expanding chapter support in CiviContribute back in August of '07. I have a similar need for my current CiviCRM project, and I was wondering if any implementation work has been done yet.

Is this something that is better handled in a 2-step process. Join the parent organization, then choose a chapter?

Will customization of some sort be required to accommodate the need?

Is there enough of a need that it make sense to build this and make it available to the community?

Thanks for your input.

Quint

In my original post, I forgot to mention that there is a cost for joining the chapters. CiviContribute doesn't have the ability to select more than one membership type, so members can't select a chapter when joining. I also need to hook into the recurring billing setup to make sure that the chapter membership is billed correctly. I also need to allow members to join more than one chapter, which is probably less common.

There may not be a good one size fits all solution to these issues, but I would guess that other organizations have similar needs. I think you are right that any system would have to have some flexibility to meet the needs of different ways of handling this.

Since I am not familiar with the internals of CiviCRM, where would I start with the devel process?

Thanks for your help,
Q

Joining this this thread to be kept informed.

We have 5 chapters and are currently using a custom field to identify the chapter.

Dave