<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 April 2016 at 04:58, Sean DALY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com" target="_blank">sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Dave Crossland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com" target="_blank">dave@lab6.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_extra">I agree that it would be awesome if someone holding the Treasurer office was also actively fund raising for the project! <span><font color="#888888"></font></span></div></blockquote></div><br><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra">Fundraising requires a clear vision & roadmap - positioning, technical - and the associated marketing materials (read: expenses). And, of course, someone organized enough to find prospects / develop suspects / select leads / cultivate opportunities - the sales cycle is time-consuming. FLOSS projects are not historically strong in this. But the TA grant is a fabulous success in adverse circumstances, and can be a springboard.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree completely :) </div></div>
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