Agreed. Thanks Sam & Ross. On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 12:15 AM Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes. > > As Sam neatly highlights in his clarification it is critical to draw > accurate boundaries when pushing back against community concerns. Small > reversible steps is a phrase we often use, I guess we should make it "Small > and clearly defined reversible steps". > > Ross > > --- > > Sent from my phone, likely while waking down the stars and having a > conversation. Sorry about my carelessness, I blame the machines. > > ________________________________ > From: Sam Ruby <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2019 5:36:08 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Volunteer Needed] Outreachy Coordinator for the ASF > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 7:31 PM Ross Gardler > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm all for the proposal but... > > > > Why would this committee be doing fundraising? Nothing in the proposal > we currently have consensus around requires fundraising. There is a reason > for this. Furthermore, we have a fundraising committee charged with > fundraising activities should it ever be approved that the ASF raises funds > for Outreachy. > > Would the following be acceptable? > > In most organizations that Outreachy deals with, the organization > itself sponsors Outreachy's efforts. At the moment, the ASF is not > such an organization, and may never be. > > Instead we are currently relying on generous sponsor(s), and from time > to time may need to work directly with them. Any such work will need > to be coordinated by out fundraising committee which is largely > composed of volunteers. Fundraising already works closely with > Marketing and Publicity, Conferences, and Virtual Inc. > > The Outreachy coordinators can decide amongst themselves to what > extent it makes sense to work with fundraising and which of them (if > any) will liaise with the fundraising committee. > > > Ross > > > > --- > > > > Sent from my phone, likely while waking down the stars and having a > conversation. Sorry about my carelessness, I blame the machines. > > - Sam Ruby >
