[OMS_MANAGERS] Maestro and integration with website/POS/intuit?

[Kevin Teater]

Hey Lizzy, we are probably going to go with Kindful. It seems to integrate really well with most things. Unfortunately, Maestro, so far as we can tell, is not one of those.

Like Sarah Lu said, Maestro is just not very mainstream.

Kevin Teater (he/him)
Executive Director
Beaverton Downtown Association
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From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of Lizzy Caston <lizzy at albertamainst.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 8:24 AM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Maestro and integration with website/POS/intuit?

That’s so funny because we’ve used LGL for years and HATE it. We’ve had so many problems linking it with payments, forms, newsletters, online donations, online inquiries etc along with linking to our bank/quickbooks and I personally can’t get past the clunky user interface or back end:

That’s why we are looking into another system

Glad it’s working for you though. Our consultants who assessed it and those who use it (me, a board member) were like NOPE

We do know it works well for many orgs!


On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 6:33 PM Sarah Lu Heath <sarah at astoriadowntown.com<mailto:sarah at astoriadowntown.com>> wrote:

We started with LGL last year and its been great so far. Syncs with Quickbooks online and Mail Chimp.

We haven’t used it yet, but I believe you can take payments directly through Little Green Light for similar fees to other platforms.



We avoided Maestro bc it was not main stream enough to sync with other products we must use. I abhor double-entry.









Sarah Lu Heath

Executive Director

Astoria Downtown Historic District Association

No.1-12th Street, Suite 114

PO Box 261

Astoria, OR 97103

503.791.7940

www.AstoriaDowntown.com<http://www.astoriadowntown.com/>



From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov<mailto:oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov>> On Behalf Of Lizzy Caston
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 12:14 PM
To: STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov<mailto:Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>>; Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov<mailto:oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Maestro and integration with website/POS/intuit?



We are using a CRM called Little Green Light that is linked to our point of sale system on our website for donations (We use a POS called Stripe). Stripe is linked to our bank account. We've had security issues with Stripe but it does allow us to track donors into our CRM.

Does anyone have experience integrating Maestro with their website/donation/payment platforms?

We've done a demo, my professional fundraising company has dug in to assess this. Nothing indicates Maetro will allo integration with donations, payments, sponsorships, website, bank. And that's bummer.

Thoughts welcomed!



On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 9:47 AM STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov<mailto:oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>> wrote:

It opened in February and closes on March 17 so there are still a few days left to apply. You had to be a Main Street America member as of Feb 16 to qualify for this opportunity.

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Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] FW: Check out this submission opportunity from National Main Street Center

Sheri, This was over in February.  Thanks for thinking about us.

On 3/10/2021 10:38 AM, STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS wrote:
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Lizzy Caston
Alberta Main Street
cell 503-803-3326
Albertamainat.org
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