The math below is valid and interesting. But my lug experience shows anything planned for more than 2 months doesnt work.
-Saugata --- Indranil Das Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm starting a new thread based on Saugata's post > referring to > collection of ~Rs.75,000 for COMPASS-2005 > participation. Assuming that > we *can manage* to collect Rs. 75,000 then : > > > [1] We can have a 4-day presence at COMPASS, and go > home happy at our > collective achievement. > > > -- OR -- > > > [2] Fund our way to hold regular meetings by : > > (a) Pay @ Rs. 1000/1500 towards booking a seminar > hall with 100+ seating > capacity at JU or else-where (or even lower if we do > a block booking for > a year (12 sessions) = Rs. 30,000 > > (b) Pay @ Rs. 2000 for an LCD projector (assuming it > doesn't come with > the seminar hall amenities) for 12 sessions = Rs. > 24,000 > > (c) Arrange for refreshments at meetings @ Rs 10/per > head (assuming 100 > member presence) at the max total cost per session > of Rs. 1000. For 12 > sessions = Rs. 12,000 > > (d) About Rs. 1200 (towards misc expense incl tips > etc for > drivers/darwans/bearers etc) @ Rs. 120 / month > > Leaves us with a expense budget of Rs. 67,200 and a > cash surplus of Rs. > 7,800 > > This surplus could be used to fund an ANNUAL LUG DAY > or similar program > catering to a wider audience, or organising a > Picnic/outing for the LUG > members. > > Other ways of using the cash surplus would be to > reimburse the > out-of-pocket expenses of the volunteers who would > go to different > schools to take our Outreach program to young > students. Catch them > young! > > > -- OR -- > > > [3] Donate the entire fund towards publication of > the wonderful book > "GNU/Linux Ishkool" written in Bangla by our member > Prof. Dipankar Das. > The book hasn't been published due to an acute > shortage of funds. > > These are just a few thoughts I had while reading > Saugata's mail. > > cheers, > -indra > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
