We use it extensively at SLO Bike Kitchen in San Luis Obispo, CA.  Our organization is quite small, but we&#39;ve developed a good amount of documentation, task/inventory/volunteer tracking documentation, all stored in Google Docs.  For some things created in Illustrator or Word, you can store those files on Google docs for sharing purposes.<div>



<br></div><div>Main advantages for us:</div><div>- We do minimal work in the office, so being able to access the documents from anywhere is necessary.</div><div>- We do a lot of collaboration on those docs, since there is no single responsible person</div>



<div>- Google docs keeps track of revisions and changes, so you can figure out what/how/who changed things.</div><div><br></div><div>Two serious problems we encountered:</div><div>- Setting up access permissions for those who do not have a Google account is unnatural.</div>



<div>- Page layout for making signs and precise layout in documents is pretty bad (when it is printed)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The calendar, we also use this for volunteer scheduling, posting hours and events.  The capabilities are nice for allowing public access, embedding into web pages, etc...   We wouldn&#39;t call the entire thing &quot;perfect&quot;, but it has a really low cost of ownership with a high level of capabilities.</div>



<div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div>SLO Bike Kitchen</div><div><a href="http://www.slobikekitchen.org" target="_blank">www.slobikekitchen.org</a></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 06:58, Kris Andersen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kris.andersen@gmail.com" target="_blank">kris.andersen@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>



<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Does anybody use Google Apps for their organization?<br>
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Google Apps (Education Edition) is free for non-profits under 3000 employees. We currently use it to manage email for our domain and host a public calendar for our co-op. (For more info: <a href="http://www.google.com/apps/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/apps/</a>)<br>




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In addition to the usual Google services (Mail, Calendar, Groups, etc.) Google Apps lets you install third-party apps through their Google Apps Marketplace.<br>
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  <a href="https://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/</a><br>
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I&#39;m curious if anybody is using any of these? In particular, if there are any that might help with volunteer scheduling or inventory management in a bike co-op?<br>
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Any info or shared experiences are appreciated.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Kris | VéloCity Bicycle Cooperative in Alexandria, VA | <a href="http://velocitycoop.org/" target="_blank">http://velocitycoop.org/</a><br>
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