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# WildApricot is out and aboot
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/wildapricot-is-out-and-aboot/
- Published: 2006-07-20T00:24:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:36:45.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Asides, Barcamp, Technology

In case you missed it, Canadia-based [Wild Apricot](http://www.wildapricot.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) [is out now](http://www.blinkingvcr.net/blinking%5Fvcr%5Fideas%5Ffor%5Fbe/2006/06/wild%5Fapricot%5Fis.html?ref=chrismessina.me), focusing on offering non-profits event organizing and member management tools. I'm going to try to weezel this into the [BarCamp technology stack](http://barcamp.org/HowWeOrganizeOurselves?ref=chrismessina.me). We'll see!

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[Seth Mazow](http://interplast.blogs.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-07-20 11:20:31

Hmmm... free for groups under 50 forever...I'll definitely check this out. Thanks Chris. And lemme know how desperate you are for housing in Boston, I've got some sorta distant leads I could un-distantize if you can't find anyone else.

**[News/Blog : What people say about our product...](http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/archive/2006/07/20/157.aspx?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-07-20 13:10:12

\[...\] What people say about our product... Happy to report that people are noticing our product - writing some pretty interesting posts!Some of the blog posts and comments:TECHNOSIGHT blog "Wild Apricot - Wildly Easy to Create Member Based Websites": ...Wild Apricot might be able to find a sweet spot in this marketplace. As someone who lives in the non-profit capital of the world (Washington D.C.) and works with them often, I know how difficult the web can be for these organizations. Wild Apricot can make managing websites simpler, as well as more cost effective....Factory City...Hmmm… free for groups under 50 forever…I’ll definitely check this out....Crucible Visions "Wild Apricot - finally fruits for the Non-Profit"eStrategyOneAssociation management is always a challenge, whether or not the organization includes paid staff. But a new suite of online tools from Wild Apricot makes association management easy and efficient for smaller organizations, clubs, societies and charities.WorldTechLogicAnd even a post we can not even read - in Mandarin Chinese! Published Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:55 PM by Chief\_Apricot Filed Under: General News \[...\]

**[celeste @studio 501c](http://inprogress.typepad.com/studio501c?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-07-20 22:04:23

I, too, will be eager to see how nonprofits use it. Also, belated thanks for your comment a while back about my Netsquared post on Seth Godin's criticism of nonprofits.

**[Wild Apricot Blog : What bloggers wrote about Wild Apricot](http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/archive/2006/07/20/what-bloggers-wrote-about-wild-apricot.aspx?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-12-14 13:03:39

\[...\] What bloggers wrote about Wild Apricot Happy to report that people are noticing our product - writing some pretty interesting posts!Some of the blog posts and comments:TECHNOSIGHT blog "Wild Apricot - Wildly Easy to Create Member Based Websites": ...Wild Apricot might be able to find a sweet spot in this marketplace. As someone who lives in the non-profit capital of the world (Washington D.C.) and works with them often, I know how difficult the web can be for these organizations. Wild Apricot can make managing websites simpler, as well as more cost effective....Factory City...Hmmm… free for groups under 50 forever…I’ll definitely check this out....Crucible Visions "Wild Apricot - finally fruits for the Non-Profit"eStrategyOneAssociation management is always a challenge, whether or not the organization includes paid staff. But a new suite of online tools from Wild Apricot makes association management easy and efficient for smaller organizations, clubs, societies and charities.WorldTechLogicAnd even a post we can not even read - in Mandarin Chinese! Published Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:55 PM by Chief\_Apricot Filed under: General News, Non-profit technology, Usability, Wild Apricot, nptech \[...\]