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

[Walter Bender]

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

I thought we were still discussing it. I think a number of people have made
it clear that they don't think an open-ended solicitation is a good idea.

>
> 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.
>

It was my understanding that the Trip Advisor funds were paying for the
i18n manager position.

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

This may include some unspent money from the Gould Grant as well. Cannot
say for certain.

>
> 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.
>



-- 
Walter Bender
Sugar Labs
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