What's happening on this issue is: it's at the top of our radar, and we are working toward it.
Actually, 'on top of radar' doesn't make sense. Radar isn't a list. So I guess you can say it's at the beginning of our queue. Or the end. Erm. Ron On 2013-03-31 08:42, Roswyne wrote: > And I read the minutes of all meetings I don't attend, and I still don't > know what's happening in this issue, so I assumed no one cares enough to > act. > > No, we aren't currently sustainable with existing membership levels. We are > fortunate to have enough of a buffer that will hopefully last until we > recruit more members. Are we actively recruiting? > > But that doesn't mean we should wait until membership increases to start > planning or fundraising. Fundraising takes a lot of time and effort and can > never be started too soon. > > One of the most attractive plans for fundraising was to help work a bingo > at the casino. If I remember correctly, we'll need a dozen volunteers to > work a single evening shift. But we have to apply, indicating what the > money will > be used for. Has anyone done this yet? If not, is there something > outstanding still required? > > If there is no team working on fundraising of any sort (it doesn't have to > be a bingo), and it's just on the back burner for the directors to deal > with someday, it's simply not gonna happen. Someone has to give enough of > a fuck to go beyond talking. > > > On Mar 30, 2013 7:37 PM, "Ron" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2013-03-30 18:42, Roswyne wrote: > > > But my point was we're not taking any action towards fundraising to pay > > for > > > them. We've been at SkSp2 almost half a year now. How long-range are > > these > > > plans? Do we even have a strike force set up? > > We discuss our plans at meetings, and, if nobody else is, the admin@ > > team take it seriously and we've been slowly working toward it. Why do > > you think we are constantly talking about electrical work? > > > > We need 9 more members before we start breaking even. At that point, we > > can start spending money on more important things. As we've - particular > > Ian - said many times in the past, once we're financially sustainable, > > bringing our electrical up to par is going to be the first thing on our > > list. > > > > "There are others who don't do it" is a terrible reason. First of all, > > it's being discussed on a public mailing list. Second, we aren't in a > > position where we could fight any sort of legal action if it's brought > > against us. And finally, it's just the Right Thing To Do. We have to do > > our best to be good, responsible citizens. > > > > Ron > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
