[OMS_MANAGERS] Looking for collaboration platform

[Executive Director]

Donna
Are you a 501c3?

Annie

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On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM UBRA Uptown Business Revitalization
Association <uptownrevitalization at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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