On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:38 PM, 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. > > I feel frustrated that no one has seconded this motion. > > The 2 emails below are the reason that I began discussing the > solicitation of donations from members, and having just looked at > Laura's spreadsheet - since the ledger file itself is not yet > available to me - I want to be clear about why I have posted this > motion and hope that it will be seconded and approved. > I thought we were still discussing it. I think a number of people have made it clear that they don't think an open-ended solicitation is a good idea. > > It seems the general fund has __JUST__ enough resources to pay for the > Translations-Community Manager position this year: > > Last year $9,000 was donated, and as I expect Chris will invoice > $1,000/month for the 8 months of May through December 2016, then it > seems we have $1,000 left in the general fund. > It was my understanding that the Trip Advisor funds were paying for the i18n manager position. > > Where did this $9,000 come from? I guess some is GSOC and GCI mentor > fees. Any other sources? > This may include some unspent money from the Gould Grant as well. Cannot say for certain. > > Last year we spent $700 on trademark registration. When will the next > renewal be due? > > We also spent $550 last year and $825 in 2013 on 'development.' What > happened, and will we need to spend anything again this year in a > similar way? > > In any case, it seems that there is no budget for a Finance Manager > office at the moment, nor a Social Media Manager office, not a Sugar > Summit, unless we start soliciting donations to the general fund. > Cheers > Dave > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Lionel Laské <[email protected]> > Date: 7 May 2016 at 13:27 > Subject: Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] meeting reminder and > some open issues to discuss > To: Adam Holt <[email protected]> > Cc: iaep <[email protected]>, "OLPC para usuarios, docentes, > voluntarios y administradores" <[email protected]>, Sugar-dev > Devel <[email protected]>, SLOBs > <[email protected]> > > > > Sorry to be once again the devil's advocate but I think SugarLabs has > no resource to pay for a Financial Manager. We can't both support the > cost of a SFC and the cost of a Financial Manager. > > I think the job done by SFC and nice reports by Adam and Laura (and > others) are enough for a small organization - without regular budget - > like SugarLabs. > If we need to have a Financial Manager so we need to think seriously > to exit of SFC. > > Best regards from France. > > Lionel. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Laura Vargas <[email protected]> > Date: 11 May 2016 at 13:35 > Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and > some open issues to discuss > To: Dave Crossland <[email protected]> > Cc: Chris Leonard <[email protected]>, iaep > <[email protected]>, Sugar-dev Devel > <[email protected]>, "OLPC para usuarios, docentes, > voluntarios y administradores" <[email protected]>, SLOBs > <[email protected]> > > > 2016-05-12 2:08 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland <[email protected]>: > > On 11 May 2016 at 14:05, Laura Vargas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> there are ~US$65,000 available for planning/distributing among > activities/teams/projects etc. > > > > I think its essential that this be spent in ways that led directly to > further income, to grow the project. > > I agree that there is a need for income strategies as well. Still, the > idea of annual budget is to plan the expenses so that the most areas > of an organization can produce results in what they do. > > It would be ideal to count with a somehow stable basic income, and > therefore it would make sense to promote a motion for Lionel's idea of > a yearly membership fee. Of course it would have to contemplate the > exemptions of minors and members who actually don't have resources to > pay. > > Been more than 80 members, a yearly fee of US$100 with an estimated > ~50% of exemptions would put in SL general fund ~US$4.000 per year, > probably enough for basic operations. > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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