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

[Dave Crossland]

On 4 June 2016 at 15:25, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> I  am all for raising funds but we need to articulate the reason why we need
> them.

I feel frustrated that no one has seconded this motion.

The 2 emails below are the reason that I began discussing the
solicitation of donations from members, and having just looked at
Laura's spreadsheet - since the ledger file itself is not yet
available to me - I want to be clear about why I have posted this
motion and hope that it will be seconded and approved.

It seems the general fund has __JUST__ enough resources to pay for the
Translations-Community Manager position this year:

Last year $9,000 was donated, and as I expect Chris will invoice
$1,000/month for the 8 months of May through December 2016, then it
seems we have $1,000 left in the general fund.

Where did this $9,000 come from? I guess some is GSOC and GCI mentor
fees. Any other sources?

Last year we spent $700 on trademark registration. When will the next
renewal be due?

We also spent $550 last year and $825 in 2013 on 'development.' What
happened, and will we need to spend anything again this year in a
similar way?

In any case, it seems that there is no budget for a Finance Manager
office at the moment, nor a Social Media Manager office, not a Sugar
Summit, unless we start soliciting donations to the general fund.

Cheers
Dave


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lionel Laské <lionel.laske at gmail.com>
Date: 7 May 2016 at 13:27
Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] meeting reminder and
some open issues to discuss
To: Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org>
Cc: iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, "OLPC para usuarios, docentes,
voluntarios y administradores" <olpc-sur at lists.laptop.org>, Sugar-dev
Devel <sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>, SLOBs
<slobs at lists.sugarlabs.org>



Sorry to be once again the devil's advocate but I think SugarLabs has
no resource to pay for a Financial Manager. We can't both support the
cost of a SFC and the cost of a Financial Manager.

I think the job done by SFC and nice reports by Adam and Laura (and
others) are enough for a small organization - without regular budget -
like SugarLabs.
If we need to have a Financial Manager so we need to think seriously
to exit of SFC.

Best regards from France.

              Lionel.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
Date: 11 May 2016 at 13:35
Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and
some open issues to discuss
To: Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>
Cc: Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com>, iaep
<iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, Sugar-dev Devel
<sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>, "OLPC para usuarios, docentes,
voluntarios y administradores" <olpc-sur at lists.laptop.org>, SLOBs
<slobs at lists.sugarlabs.org>


2016-05-12 2:08 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>:
> On 11 May 2016 at 14:05, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org> wrote:
>>
>> there are ~US$65,000 available for planning/distributing among activities/teams/projects etc.
>
> I think its essential that this be spent in ways that led directly to further income, to grow the project.

I agree that there is a need for income strategies as well. Still, the
idea of annual budget is to plan the expenses so that the most areas
of an organization can produce results in what they do.

It would be ideal to count with a somehow stable basic income, and
therefore it would make sense to promote a motion for Lionel's idea of
a yearly membership fee. Of course it would have to contemplate the
exemptions of minors and members who actually don't have resources to
pay.

Been more than 80 members, a yearly fee of US$100 with an estimated
~50% of exemptions would put in SL general fund ~US$4.000 per year,
probably enough for basic operations.