[IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

[Dave Crossland]

On 5 June 2016 at 09:48, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave - Walter means how we articulate to potential donors, i.e. the
>> compelling story I have mentioned. It's a marketing problem and rushing
>> through a motion is not the solution - we need to be clear what our vision
>> and major goals are, and relate them convincingly to donors.
>>
>
> +1. I am in favor of a fund raising effort it is has a clear goal and
> message as to what the funds are for. A fund-raiser to hold a Sugar Summit
> would be a really nice thing, for example. Can we rough out a budget so we
> can set a target for the fund raiser?
>

I guess we'd need about $20,000 to cover the travel expenses of everyone
who has contributed in the last 6 months, and $50 for some breakfast
bagels. :)

 (An open-ended, non-specific campaign smells like Tyranny :P in the spirit
> of the article you shared with me the other day [1]).


hahah :)

Well, WMF, FSF and Conservancy all run open-ended, non-specific campaigns
every December, eh?

I don't know if it is realistic in terms of timing, but doing a Global
> Sugar Summit in conjunction with the Libre Learning Summit [2] being
> organized by Mariah in October at MIT (we already have a venue) would be
> ideal.
>

I drafted a wiki page event summary, and I invite everyone to edit it:

https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Summit/2016

-- 
Cheers
Dave
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