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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