On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 3:26 AM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4 June 2016 at 15:25, Walter Bender <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am all for raising funds but we need to articulate the reason why we >>> need them. >>> >> To pay for labour to achieve goals, such as the existing translations and >> finance manager roles and perhaps others in the future; to find out which >> members are active in 2016; to pay for all travel expenses for all active >> members to attend a sugar summit... there are countless things you can do >> with general funds. > > > > Dave - Walter means how we articulate to potential donors, i.e. the > compelling story I have mentioned. It's a marketing problem and rushing > through a motion is not the solution - we need to be clear what our vision > and major goals are, and relate them convincingly to donors. > > +1 The strategic plan for Sugarlabs, which should include Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives and Tasks can not only act as a roadmap (time frame 3 to 5 years) but also then justify request for funds for said Tasks. The funds can be through a fundraising campaign or grants etc. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ Sean > > > _______________________________________________ > SLOBs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > >
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