[OMS_MANAGERS] Looking for collaboration platform

[UBRA Uptown Business Revitalization Association]

Dear Donna,
Here is a free solution assuming your documents are community facing.
1. Create a free Google account for sharing, such as:“
cityclubsharing at gmail.com”, create a common password to be used by your
collaborative individuals. Use your administrative email as the recovery
email. Share your files to that email address.
2. When collaborators modify documents they add a note with their changes
indicating date and name. Another option is to create a change log page for
them to log their presence. Google drive will still log the version so that
specifics are accounted for.

The above removes the 7 day restriction on your collaborative team.

Best Regards,
Kevin Gobelman
kevin.gobelma at gmail.com
Uptown Business Revitalization Association
Oakridge, OR

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM City Club Forest Grove <
cityclubofforestgrove at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> We are seeking an application (preferably free) which allows our Main
> Street Team to collaborate better. Currently we have all files and folders
> in Google Drive (not workspace).  It does not allow access to non-google
> email users by default and if you do jump through the hoops to get them
> access, they can only access specific files for 7 days after you give
> access.
> It appears Workspaces is the same unless you purchase more access licenses
> besides the administration, and this gets spendy.
> Primary Goal is file sharing.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> *Thank you,*
> *Donna Gustafson, President*
> *The City Club of Forest Grove*
> *Become a MEMBER <https://www.cityclubfg.com/services-7> to support
> downtown improvements, events, enhancements, preservation and take
> advantage of membership perks. Let's Grow Together. *
>
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