Clubs, meetups and community groups
A community group lists events, signs up volunteers and talks on a board.
University clubs and student societies
Members join and pay on one form, and RSVP to every social. Next year's committee takes over the lot, with nothing lost.
The committee works in one Magpie team. Members use the event pages, forms, board and newsletter you publish.
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This combination of six Magpie areas fits a university club or student society.
- Calendar
- Calendar lists socials and meetings, with RSVPs up to the room's capacity.
- Forms
- Forms takes memberships and their fee in one go.
- Newsletter
- Newsletter tells members what is on each week.
- Message Boards
- Message Boards gives members a board for questions and ideas.
- Documents
- Documents keeps the constitution, minutes and handover notes.
- Accounting
- Accounting keeps the treasurer's books, ready for the next treasurer.
Members RSVP to each social, and RSVPs stop when the room is full.
Calendar lists each social, talk and meeting on your public calendar. Members choose Going, and RSVPs stop at the capacity you set.
The event's page can show how many are going. You can invite members by email, or share a link with a set number of uses.
Members join and pay the year's fee on one form.
Forms builds a membership form with your questions, such as each member's course. A paid form takes the fee by card, through Stripe.
Every member comes into one list you can export. Each response shows whether it has been paid.
Members hear what is on each week.
Newsletter keeps the members' mailing list, with double opt-in on its sign-up page. Last year's list can be brought in from a CSV file.
You write each issue, send yourself a test and schedule it. A sent issue has a web copy, which can start a social media post.
Members ask questions and share ideas on a board.
Message Boards gives the society a public board, which anyone can read. Members who sign in can post, reply and vote.
Votes bring the popular ideas up, such as next term's trip. The committee can keep a private board of its own.
The handover notes are written once and passed on every year.
Documents keeps the constitution, the minutes and the handover notes in the society's team. They stay there when a committee member leaves.
The committee can comment and suggest changes. A link lets anyone read a document, such as the constitution.
The treasurer's books keep up with every fee and ticket.
Accounting keeps the society's books. Form payments, shop sales and invoice payments are posted automatically.
Your students' union's finance office can be given Accounting only, as a guest. The books pass to the next treasurer with the team.
Six more areas cover the committee's chat, merch, one link, the stall, posts and the site.
- Team chat
- Team chat gives the committee channels, such as one for each event.
- Store
- Store sells hoodies in sizes, to collect at the next social.
- Link-In-Bio List
- Link-In-Bio List gives the society one link for its social profiles.
- QR Codes
- QR Codes puts the membership form on a poster at the freshers' fair.
- Social Media
- Social Media posts each event to Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn.
- Websites
- Websites builds the society's site, with what is on and how to join.
A society's year goes from the freshers' fair to the handover.
The fair
Students scan the code on your stall and join.
The first social
Members RSVP until the bar's back room is full.
Each week
The newsletter says what is on.
The AGM
The new committee is elected, and the minutes go in Documents.
The handover
The team passes to the new president, with the books and the notes.
Setting up takes four steps.
Make the society's team
You invite the committee as members. Help: Create and manage a team.
Connect Stripe
Members can then pay by card. Help: Connect Stripe to receive money.
Build the membership form
You choose its questions and the fee. Help: Require payment for a Form response.
Add the first social
You set its capacity and turn on RSVPs. Help: Create public and private calendar events.
Plans
A committee fits the Team plan, which stays with the society when the committee changes. Members who join, RSVP or buy merch are not added to it.
Magpie's fee on a paid Form is 1% of each payment. Shop sales carry no Magpie fee. Prices are on the Pricing page.
Other groups of students and members have pages of their own.
Sports clubs and youth leagues
A sports club registers players and runs its matches.
Questions student societies ask
Can students join and pay at the freshers' fair?
Yes. A QR code on your stall opens the membership form. A paid form takes the fee by card as they join.
Can members RSVP to socials?
Yes. Each event's page takes Going or Not going, up to the capacity you set. Its page then says it is full.
Can we email all our members?
Yes. Newsletter sends each issue to everyone on the list. You can bring in last year's list as a CSV file.
What happens when the committee changes?
The society's team stays, with its documents, books, forms and plan. The owner can transfer it to the new president once they are an admin. Old members can leave.
Can the students' union see our accounts?
Yes. Its finance office can be a guest with Accounting only. A guest takes no place on the plan.
Can we sell society hoodies?
Yes. A hoodie can have a size option, each size with its own stock. Members pay online and collect their order.
Can the committee chat between meetings?
Yes. Team chat gives the committee channels and threads. A channel can be for one event.
Can we have one link for our Instagram bio?
Yes. Link-In-Bio List gives the society a page of links, such as the membership form.
Set up your society in Magpie.
Create a Magpie account and make a team for the society.