Comments on: Sharing Your Non-Profit’s Pictures Online: Picasa or Flickr http://erichdoss.com/2009/02/24/sharing-your-non-profits-pictures-online-picasa-or-flickr/ Leadership, Technology, and Life Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:11:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anne watson barber http://erichdoss.com/2009/02/24/sharing-your-non-profits-pictures-online-picasa-or-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-55 anne watson barber Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:59:01 +0000 http://erichdoss.com/?p=394#comment-55 thank you for your analysis! I am creating some websites for some nonprofits, and was investigating the best option for uploading photos and keeping event archives. Strangely enough... I am using the thesis wordpress theme (i have the dev license) for these websites too! thank you for your analysis! I am creating some websites for some nonprofits, and was investigating the best option for uploading photos and keeping event archives. Strangely enough… I am using the thesis wordpress theme (i have the dev license) for these websites too!

]]> By: Eric H. Doss http://erichdoss.com/2009/02/24/sharing-your-non-profits-pictures-online-picasa-or-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Eric H. Doss Tue, 05 May 2009 13:14:47 +0000 http://erichdoss.com/?p=394#comment-33 Matt, Thanks for the comment. This is the first I've heard of this problem with Flickr. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Matt,

Thanks for the comment. This is the first I’ve heard of this problem with Flickr. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

]]> By: Matt Blasi http://erichdoss.com/2009/02/24/sharing-your-non-profits-pictures-online-picasa-or-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Matt Blasi Mon, 04 May 2009 20:59:48 +0000 http://erichdoss.com/?p=394#comment-32 Well I really think it is a bad idea to even suggest Flickr at all since there is only one way an organization can use flickr and it is through the Flickr for Good system, anything else immediately violates terms of use and can cause their account to be closed and deleted with no notice. Flickr for Good allows organizations to get a few flickr accounts, except you are still bound that the accounts are not for the organization, they belong to the individual they are assigned to. It states you have to assign the account to a member of your staff and they have to be the ones to upload the images to their login account, from there if they leave the organization the account goes with them. This means if your webmaster or whoever is doing the Flickr work leaves you loose that account and everything on it, if you transfer it you violate the terms of use, and this still have the account closed and loose everything. So what happens to all of the contacts, friends, contributions to groups and messages you send in Flickr after this. Well simply they are all gone. I feel like this is poor solution by Flickr when they close on a regular basis the accounts of other non-profits like churches, relief organizations, hospitals on a daily basis all of whom had no issues paying the $24.95 for the Pro account. Why not just allow them to register as a group, make an addendum to the terms of use keeping non-commercial use but allowing groups to use the portal as well. That would have been simpler and kept the same financial structure. In the end I completely suggest Picasa as the solution for non-Profits, and any other organization or group. Well I really think it is a bad idea to even suggest Flickr at all since there is only one way an organization can use flickr and it is through the Flickr for Good system, anything else immediately violates terms of use and can cause their account to be closed and deleted with no notice.

Flickr for Good allows organizations to get a few flickr accounts, except you are still bound that the accounts are not for the organization, they belong to the individual they are assigned to. It states you have to assign the account to a member of your staff and they have to be the ones to upload the images to their login account, from there if they leave the organization the account goes with them. This means if your webmaster or whoever is doing the Flickr work leaves you loose that account and everything on it, if you transfer it you violate the terms of use, and this still have the account closed and loose everything.

So what happens to all of the contacts, friends, contributions to groups and messages you send in Flickr after this. Well simply they are all gone.

I feel like this is poor solution by Flickr when they close on a regular basis the accounts of other non-profits like churches, relief organizations, hospitals on a daily basis all of whom had no issues paying the $24.95 for the Pro account.

Why not just allow them to register as a group, make an addendum to the terms of use keeping non-commercial use but allowing groups to use the portal as well. That would have been simpler and kept the same financial structure.

In the end I completely suggest Picasa as the solution for non-Profits, and any other organization or group.

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