In light of this fabulous email from QUANTA, The pledge tally now stands at:
Currently:
Sandy Electronics / Dave Park £150
Mark Martin £ 30
Petri Pellinen £ 50
Doug L £150
Jiří Doležal £ 50
====
TOTAL £430
Quanta Match £430
Available: £860
Thank you QUANTA and everyone else so far. Just £70 more and we'd hit £1000!
Dave Park
Sandy Electronics
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:35 AM, John Gilpin <thegilp...@btinternet.com>wrote:
> Further to your emails Re: [QL-Users] QLis30 pledge..., I have great
> pleasure in advising you as follows:
>
> At a meeting of the QUANTA Committee on Sunday 02/02/2014, the topic of a
> Workshop to celebrate QLis30 was discussed and it was decided that if, due
> to Rich Mellor's ill health, we (QUANTA) will not be able to support his
> venture in Cambridge, then we would like to add our name to the QLis30
> pledge such that we will match the fund up to a maximum of £500. It was
> also decided that QUANTA may offer further support by attending the event
> to show a QUANTA presence.
>
> This came about after much discussion regarding QUANTA's willingness to
> support such an event and how much we should be prepared to spend in order
> to differentiate between "over-spending" and "not wanting to support" both
> of which have received some criticism of late on this list.
>
> As we do not continually monitor this email list, please address any
> further correspondence to > commit...@quanta.org.uk < - thanks.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> John Gilpin.
> QUANTA Treasurer.
> treasu...@quanta.org.uk <mailto:treasu...@quanta.org.uk>
>
>
> On 06/01/2014 19:23, Dave Park wrote:
>
>> Hehe, ok. Thank you even more!
>>
>> Currently:
>> Sandy Electronics / Dave Park £150
>> Mark Martin £ 30
>> Petri Pellinen £ 50
>> Doug L £150
>> ====
>> TOTAL £380
>>
>> I think that is getting close to a good incentive for someone to organize
>> a
>> show, now.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM, extdgl42 <externa...@earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>> From: Dave Park <d...@sinclairql.com>
>>>> Sent: Jan 6, 2014 10:33 AM
>>>> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QLis30 pledge...
>>>>
>>>> Mark, Petri, Doug, THANK YOU!
>>>>
>>>> Doug, I translated it as £133, but I'd consider it generally understood
>>>> that you'd PayPal $200 and they'd do the conversion at current exchange
>>>> rates at that time, so it might be more or less.
>>>>
>>>> Current running total of pledges: £363
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:24 AM, DougL <externa...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> USD200 let me <xlate>to pounds</xlate> say tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug L. 37830 USA
>>>>>
>>>>> QL Foreverr
>>>>> Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Android phone
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Martin <storycraf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Dave Park <d...@sinclairql.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I offer to sponsor £150 towards the cost of any organized 'QL is 30'
>>>>>>> show. If others would like to chip in a little, it could make a
>>>>>>> Kickstarter-style fund.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Conditions:* Event must be held between March 2014 and December
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014,
>>>
>>>> in a
>>>>>
>>>>>> generally accessible location to QL users. This includes any
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> traditional
>>>
>>>> location like a scout hut, Eindhoven, etc. The Outer Hebrides or
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> rural
>>>
>>>> Romania probably won't count. The event must be properly open to the
>>>>>>> public, properly advertised, and what the members of this list
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> consider
>>>
>>>> 'properly organised'. Event can be organised by an individual or a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> company.
>>>>>
>>>>>> In the event of an individual or company combining with Quanta to run
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>> event, the fund will be divided equally between them. The pledge
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> will be
>>>
>>>> paid towards costs of running the show, and will be sent to the
>>>>>>> organiser(s) by paypal four weeks before the organized event. In the
>>>>>>> circumstance the event is cancelled for *any* reason, the pledge(s)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> must be
>>>>>
>>>>>> returned *immediately*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *List of pledges:*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Sandy Electronics / Dave Park £150*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark Martin £30
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dave Park
>>>> Sandy Electronics, LLC
>>>> d...@sinclairql.com
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>>>>
>>> Dave et al: let's increase that from USD200 to BP150; I had guessed that
>>> of the two the USD200 was greater. So, that should be BP380. I hope this
>>> doesn't clutter up the thread; I don't think so.
>>>
>>> Doug 37830 USA
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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