On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 02:18:14PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/19/2015 02:06 PM, Bryan Richter wrote:
> 
> > This is actually more than just a psychological barrier. This will
> > actually prevent institutional sponsors from signing up. I spoke
> > with... someone... shoot! I forget who now, but it was at the
> > Community Leadership Summit. He said that donations made by large
> > organizations need to have dollar amounts known well in advance for
> > accounting and bookkeeping.
> > 
> > I think this is a substantial issue.
> 
> I think that person was ribasushi who is lurking in IRC.

Correct!

> We definitely need special institutional levels, and anyway,
> institutions *can* budget a certain amount as long as they know that's
> the limit. The budget doesn't *have* to get all spent.

That's exactly the point, as I understood ribasushi. It *does* have to
be spent. I understand the problem, and it's something of a cliche:
"If you don't use your budget, you don't get your budget next year."

> This isn't a launch stage issue anyway.

True.

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