Hello Shidan: With regards to Simon Ditner's post, his enthusiasm is valid & I share it with him :). His quotes: There are some costs, the only one I think we'd really like is power; we could bring the other stuff ourselves:
- 800Watt 120v service (aprox 6 am) (if ordered by Apr3) $103 - Draped table 6' $68 - carpet 10x10 $134 It appears there is no doubt to promote TAUG further, some sort of financial contribution is required. So the time has come! With regards to Voluntary Dues, it is a suggestion, that the sole founders like yourself and others active in providing information sessions and event organizers need to discuss. My two cents, where a lot of people (at least 30) are attending on a regular basis - all meetings of TAUG... warrants to get things more formalized - for the benefit of TAUG & others interested in TAUG. The group has grown from a small group to 160 plus. I see no harm but great benefit to the TAUG entity, where you have willing donors. The reason in my opinion we need "voluntary dues" -- from people like myself and others willing to support financially - is quite simple. That is to support TAUG where expenses are involved, to allow TAUG a presence / booth. Having said this, I'm ready to assist in ways I can... regardless of an official NPO or not. And yes, the official status of an NPO does have certain responsibilities, obligations and dedication. That I think is a discussion to be discussed further. But for now, I'm game... to help support Simon's enthusiasm! Cheers, Reza. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shidan To: TAUG Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Pledges & Supporting future TAUG Events I think there are a lot of considerations here and a lot of things that must be done before we can reasonably consider this. Personally I think money, if collected should be done on a case by case basis and certainly nothing formal because as John has pointed out it will be a serious chore the accounting and responsibilities. Right now the Taug is very rich and active because of all the people involved in the lively discussions, we really have to weigh in how voluntary dues would help and what we really need them for. So I think when and if the time comes that we as a group really need money to do something (so far we haven't needed any money and have been very successful in our goals) then we should consider it then. For the time being lets do it case by case. My two cents worth. ------ Shidan
