Hi :) That 40 sounds bizzare. Some have already claimed more than that on travel without being even slightly dishonourable. Far from it in fact, they seem to have gone to extraordinary pains to keep costs down and i really can't imagine people in other organisations going that far. It's an unworkable amount and must have some provisions to allow for reality?!!?
Surely the normal way would be for TDF to buy in bulk, obtaining a massive discount due to that, and then sell on to individuals or groups at more than TDF paid per item. Groups often do that sort of thing so that individuals pay less than they would have to if they bought the single item for themselves. The group gets a tiny profit and hopefully enough to cover any losses for items that go unsold and wastage, admin, postage, other overheads with some change left over. The problem might be at what point that gets considered "Trading" and whether that is allowed. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Robinson Tryon <[email protected]> >To: Joel Madero <[email protected]> >Cc: Florian Effenberger <[email protected]>; Michael Meeks ><[email protected]>; [email protected]; >[email protected]; libreoffice-dev ><[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 18:37 >Subject: Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase? > >On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Joel Madero <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Florian Effenberger >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Michael Meeks wrote on 2013-03-28 12:56: >>>> >>>> The stop energy has already reached epic proportions here:-) The >>>> plan >>>> is to encourage SPI to fund this - which should be no issue. >>> >>> >>> sure, that would be no issue then. :) >> >> >> So if I'm reading this right, even if we combine with an event that we need >> LibreOffice gear, we can't use that gear as a prize and therefor TDF cannot >> be involved at all? If this is the case I'll plan on going through SPI which >> is cool but will be unfortunate in the sense that we could spend more than >> necessary as a bulk order may cut cost substantially. > >I think it would be perfectly fine for an individual to place an bulk >order for 50 T-shirts, and then have SPI buy 20 of them, TDF buy 20 >more, and have a few individuals buy 1 or 2 each. > >As long as we keep our noses clean and make sure that... >1) We get the organizations/individuals to pre-order the merchandise >2) We don't spend more than 40 € of TDF's money per year, per person >3) We make sure to deliver the merchandise once it arrives > >...then I think that we should be okay. At least that's how I >understand the situation, anyhow :-) > > >Cheers, >--R > > > >
