Membership
Membership and roles
Applications, approvals, roles and the member register; you decide who sees what.
In the village, in the city, abroad:
everyone from home together.
Who has paid their dues, what’s in the village fund, what did the fountain repair cost? Wherever your fellow villagers live, they see the same records — and a village with no signal doesn’t hold anything up.
EVERYDAY HEADACHES
Members are scattered; the records sit with one person.
Few people still live in the village; many live in cities or abroad. The information lives in a couple of notebooks and phones.
- Today
Half the dues are collected in cash at the village café during the holidays, the rest lands in someone’s bank account; even the treasurer isn’t sure who has paid.
With EleleEvery payment, cash or transfer, is recorded with a numbered receipt. Members far from home check their own balance on their phone and pay by card.
Income, expenses, dues and receipts - Today
News of a funeral or an illness arrives; who to call, who gave what — by evening nobody remembers.
With EleleA funeral meal or a hospital visit becomes an aid request with a budget, an owner and volunteers, and everyone sees the outcome.
Aid and needs management - Today
There’s no signal in the village, so the assembly attendance list and the money collected go on paper and get forgotten back in the city.
With EleleEnter records in the village without internet; they sync on their own when you’re back in the city or the signal returns.
Offline work - Today
The younger generation doesn’t know whose grandchild is whose; the member list is just names.
With EleleThe family tree links families together, so each member record shows which family they belong to. Communities that don’t want it switch the module off.
Membership and roles
EXAMPLE FLOW
Example: repairing the village fountain.
An illustrative flow; the screenshot shows demo data.
The need is recorded
A member in the village reports the broken fountain with a photo; the board records the need with an estimated cost.
The decision is recorded
The board approves the repair budget; it goes into the resolution book with a number and members are notified.
Donations come in
Members far from home donate from their phones; every donation gets a numbered receipt and goes into the village fund.
Shared work and the outcome
The repair day is announced as an event in the feed. Once done, the cost and photos are added and everyone sees where the money went.
YOUR WORDS
In the village’s own words.
The app calls your members “fellow villagers”, and the concepts work the way you know them.
- Fellow villagers
- The member list and notifications use this word — in the village, in the city or abroad.
- Village fund
- Cash and bank accounts; dues, donations and spending in the same ledger.
- Shared work (imece)
- Announced as an event in the feed; people say they’re coming and tasks are shared out.
- Funeral and sickness support
- Opened as an aid request; the family’s name is visible only to authorised people.
- Extended family
- Family links in the family tree: who is whose child or grandchild.
- Holiday gathering
- Planned as a general assembly or meeting; attendance and decisions are recorded.
MODULE SET
Modules that come switched on.
They are ready at set-up; switch off what you don’t need and turn on more later.
- Money
Income, expenses, dues and receipts
Dues plans, collections, numbered receipts, cash and bank, and a double-entry ledger.
- Mutual aid
Aid and needs management
Record the need, approve the budget, assign someone, share the outcome.
- Governance
Boards and decisions
General assemblies, attendance lists, polls and a numbered resolution book.
- Feed
Feed, events and announcements
Announcements, posts, comments and events in one feed, with public share links.
- Offline
Offline work
Keep recording without internet; it syncs on its own when you reconnect.
Related guides and pages.
FAQ
Village associations ask.
Our older members struggle with phones. What about them?
Screens are simple with large text. For members who prefer not to use it, the treasurer takes their dues in person and records them — still with a numbered receipt.
Is the family information visible to everyone?
The family tree is an optional module and permissions decide who sees what. Communities that don’t want it switch it off completely.
What happens when there is no internet at all in the village?
The app keeps working on the phone. Enter dues, attendance or expenses; it syncs on its own once you’re connected.
GET STARTED
Set up your village association today.
Invite your fellow villagers and put dues, the fund and decisions in everyone’s pocket.