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

[Dave Crossland]

On 8 June 2016 at 07:33, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

What are the open questions?

>> 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.

Do you agree with Laura's suggestion that the TA funds could be used
to cover a travel bursary to the event in Bogota?

>> 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.

I guess we need that ledger file :)