Packs for your type of association

A system that speaks your association's language from the start

Associations are not alike. A sports club talks about members and teams, a federation about local branches and delegates, a hall of residence about residents and rooms. Most membership systems are built on a single template, and everyone else then has to translate their reality into the system's vocabulary. It's a small friction, but it's felt every single day.

Domain packs are meant as a solution to exactly that. The idea is that the platform should be able to start with the language, the terminology and the setup that fit your kind of association, instead of a blank system you have to shape from scratch. Note: domain packs are designed but not yet built. This page describes what they are meant to do, not something you can switch on today.

How they are intended to work

The thinking is that at setup you choose the pack that most resembles you (club, federation, hall of residence or general association), and the system then adapts: the terms on screen, the roles that make sense for your structure, and a sensible default setup you can build on.

The aim is to remove the blank-screen feeling that meets a new board. Instead of having to decide everything up front (what things are called, which roles exist, how it all fits together), the pack would give a well-considered starting point that already roughly matches your everyday work.

A starting point, not a straitjacket

A pack is intended as a starting setup, not a fixed mould you're locked into. The plan is that you can always adjust terms, roles and setup afterwards, as you work out what suits you. Two clubs of the same kind can end up with different setups, because they work differently.

The point is to spare you the tedious beginner's work, not to dictate how your association should run. The pack should get you 80 percent right from the start, so you only spend effort on the last 20 that make the system yours.

Where it stands on the road ahead

Domain packs are on the drawing board and described, but not yet in operation. We're putting the page up now because we want to be open about where the platform is heading, and because the kind of association you are is worth accounting for early, not to promise something that already works.

Until the packs are built, you can get started perfectly well: the platform can be set up manually for your association with the terms and roles you need. The packs will in time make that setup faster and more considered, not make it possible for the first time.