In 2017 a number of volunteers got together because they all struggled with similar issues trying to coordinate their pest free efforts.
There were too many different systems, from pieces of paper to Excel, from home-made tracking websites to donated Customer Relationship Management systems, from Mailchimp to Gmail. There are apps to track trap catches, there are systems to email out reminders, there are websites with calendars… but nothing is connected.
The coordinators asked around what other groups used in search of a better, more streamlined system, and found there was none.
In 2019 EcoNet was set up to work with experts on a solution. We work with pest free groups, IT specialists, business analysts and data gurus. It could be a new software product, or several current products combined.
The core of the new Conservation Activity Management System is formed by:
The needs of the conservation groups (we call them “use cases”)
Accurate data (we call them “data standards”).