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

[Laura Vargas]

2016-06-08 23:03 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com>:

> 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?
>
> Hi Dave,

First, please let me clarify that the event I'm proposing would take please
in Bolivia, in anticipation to the III Cumbre de Comunicación de las
Lenguas Indígenas de América.

That said, according to what I wrote on the pad, I am asking any interested
party -to assist- to the Pre-CumbreSugarSummitt to fill their personal
application(s) with the Cumbre"s procdure and then/if accepted and if in
need of Travel Funds to assist to the Pre-CumbreSugarSummitt to ask
directly to the Trip Advisor Grant Director Walter Bender who might or not
approve such request on a one by one basis and according with his Budget
capacity for promoting such events.

I'm still waiting on the committee from the Cumbre to confirm our
-somosazucar - Sugar Labs Perú participation sharing the translation
experiences of the Manual, the Quechua, the Aymara and the Awajún
translations, made here in Perú.  We hope to hear from them soon.

Regards and blessings,


Laura V




> >> 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 :)
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