Hosting and Membership Plans Price List
Membership Hosting Plans
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Caravel Member (member of the Technology Development Co-op)
In the spirit of community, the Caravel Technology Development Co-op develops
new and innovative services withing Caravel to support its members, spreading the cost so that
each individual member pays less.
For a contribution of $250/year, Technology Development Co-op
Members receive information about, and can provide input into new applications and services being developed.
Supporting Members have some additional membership privileges. Tech
Co-op members support the development of core feature applications to
be used in the Core Caravel version, and also support the development
of advanced feature applications only availble to Tech Co-op
members. They can take advantage of an integrated web structure
that include both Custom and Caravel pages. In addition, they are
entitled to 100 accounts for web access and email. By joining the
Technology Development Co-op, Supporting Members provide the backbone
of Mennonite.net and Caravel’s support. They enable Mennonite.net to
continue to provide cutting-edge services to Tech Co-op members and
Caravel users.
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Getting Started Package - $500 -- Caravel Membership (Technology Co-op)
This is the standard first-year package for new Caravel Members under a
new plan unveiled in late 2008. The package costs $500 and includes the
following first-year services: Hosting, initial set-up for a set of
standard features built into the template, minor changes to an existing
Caravel template, a choice of email set-up between Google Apps or a
standard Caravel set-up, and in-office or over-the-phone training. This
will involve up to 20 hours of work with no rollover of unused hours
after one year. After the first year, the customer reverts
automatically to Caravel Membership (Technology Co-op) for $250/year. From now until November 15, 2009, existing Caravel customers may also purchase this plan.
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Getting Started Plus Package - $600. The Plus package is for new
members wanting major changes to an existing Caravel template or their
own custom-designed Caravel template in addition to the features of the
Getting Started Package. The Plus package includes 20 design and
maintenance hours which will be tracked and extra hours billed at
$35/hour. Unused package hours roll over into the next year as long as
membership continues. From now until November 15, 2009, existing
Caravel customers may also purchase this plan.
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Design/Maintenance Packages. These package are for Technology Co-op members who want to purchase a certain number of hours of our site design and/or maintenance services, normally billed @ $35/hr. By pre-purchasing a package of hours, you not only get those hours of our time, but also your year of hosting (a $250 value) at no additional cost.
Unused package hours roll over into the next year as long as membership continues. Customers going off of a package will be billed yearly at $250/year starting with the last due date of the package they were on.
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Hosting Only Plans
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Custom Hosting
Custom hosting sites require a contribution of $99/year. With a custom
site, a church or organization can be creative with website tools of
their own choosing and then use standard FTP access to upload their
sites to their own account.
Each custom site also includes a Caravel Free basic version of our
content management system in order to administer web login and email
accounts.
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Caravel Hosting
Note: This plan is no longer being offered to new customers. Customers who signed up under the old Caravel Hosting plan can continue to pay the old rate of $129/year.
Caravel sites for churches or organizations use the core version of our Caravel content
management system. Included in the Core Caravel CMS are the
following features: 8 web access and email accounts and the ability to host your own domain name.
The following incentives for existing Caravel Hosting customers to become Members are valid from now until November 15, 2009.
1. Convert to Membership - $250. Membership term will be extended by 15 months from its current due date. (An extra 3 months free!)
2. Getting Started Package - $500 Membership term will be extended by 18 months from its current due date. (An extra 6 months free!)
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Caravel User - Mennonite churches using Caravel for free
Every Mennonite Church has a Caravel content management web site
available. These site uses Caravel Free, the basic version of our
content management system.
By allowing you to try out the Caravel content management system with no cost or obligation, we hope your church or organization will discover the advantages of membership in our Caravel Technology Cooperative.
Special Offer! The following incentives for existing Caravel Users customers to become Members are valid from now until November 15, 2009.
1. Convert to Membership - $250. Membership term will be extended by 15 months from its current due date. (An extra 3 months free!)
2. Getting Started Package - $500 Membership term will be extended by 18 months from its current due date. (An extra 6 months free!)
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