On 5 June 2016 at 09:48, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. I am in favor of a fund raising effort it is has a clear goal and > message as to what the funds are for. A fund-raiser to hold a Sugar Summit > would be a really nice thing, for example. Can we rough out a budget so we > can set a target for the fund raiser? > I guess we'd need about $20,000 to cover the travel expenses of everyone who has contributed in the last 6 months, and $50 for some breakfast bagels. :) (An open-ended, non-specific campaign smells like Tyranny :P in the spirit > of the article you shared with me the other day [1]). hahah :) Well, WMF, FSF and Conservancy all run open-ended, non-specific campaigns every December, eh? I don't know if it is realistic in terms of timing, but doing a Global > Sugar Summit in conjunction with the Libre Learning Summit [2] being > organized by Mariah in October at MIT (we already have a venue) would be > ideal. > I drafted a wiki page event summary, and I invite everyone to edit it: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Summit/2016 -- Cheers Dave
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