On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Gavin McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm happy to answer any Travel Assistance (TAC) related questions. > > At this stage, I don’t see any reason why as a one off funds cannot > be added to the TAC budget and held in reserve for ASF sponsored > OOo related events. > > HTH > > Gav...
Seems like a good start. Thanks, Gavin Does anybody think it makes more sense to divide the money into equal chunks, or just drop it into Travel Assistance as Gavin suggests? Wolf >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wolf Halton [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, 11 February 2012 7:42 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Proposal for use of funds collected by SPI >> >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Wolf Halton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Summary: SPI has been collecting moneys for the OpenOffice.org >> >> project for quite a while. They wanted to help the project and their >> >> help is appreciated. Now that we are part of the ASF family, we have >> >> some important choices to make. >> >> >> >> First and foremost, we must request SPI to stop their collections >> >> efforts. AOO cannot receive the money directly as ASF does that. >> >> Second, we need to find out how much they have collected so far. >> >> Third, we need to decide how we would like to use the money they have >> >> collected. >> >> In general, it would make sense to use the funds for holding >> >> or supporting events, with guidance from the ASF Conference Committee >> >> >> >> travel assistance with guidance from the aptly named >> >> Travel Assistance Committee >> >> >> >> and possibly marketing with help from the Trademarks Committee >> >> and Marketing Committee >> >> >> >> We absolutely cannot pay people to develop our software with >> >> the money, per ASF rules. >> >> I volunteered to move this forward and I would like your feedback, >> >> maybe a general poll of what you, the community, would like to do >> >> with the money. >> >> >> >> Thanks for the link, Rob. I must have been channeling the page with my list >> above, as it is essentially the list on the original page. >> :-) >> >> > >> > When OpenOffice.org was collecting the funds, it told contributors >> > that the funds would be used for certain purposes. You can see the >> > language that was used here: >> > >> > http://web.archive.org/web/20100105132519/http://contributing.openoffi >> > ce.org/donate.html >> > >> > I think we have latitude to use the funds for any purpose that is >> > listed there, *and* which is also something Apache is able to spend >> > money on, per charter and per policy. >> > >> > As you mentioned, we cannot use the funds to pay for developers. But >> > the other uses listed there, like travel assistance for conferences, >> > etc., makes sense to me. >> > >> > Hopefully, if there is no objection to that general outline, we can go >> > ahead and transfer the funds. I think the goal should be to transfer >> > the lump sum balance to Apache, and them disburse individual payments >> > from that fund rather than to make individual requests to SPI. We >> > should look to get the lump sum, and them use ASF mechanisms for >> > approving the detailed disbursement plan, and that might occur over a >> > longer period of time. >> > >> > Also, when you contact SPI, be sure to thank them for their past >> > efforts in helping OpenOffice.org collect donations in the US. They >> > did a fine job and we are grateful for that work. But the reason for >> > using SPI was to enable easier collection of donations from US >> > residents. Now that we're at Apache, a US-based non-profit >> > corporation, this help is no longer needed. >> > >> > -Rob >> > >> >> Once I have some idea of your wishes, I will connect the dots to >> >> close this issue. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Wolf Halton >> >> >> >> -- >> >> This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - http://sourcefreedom.com Advancing >> >> Libraries Together - http://LYRASIS.org >> >> SPI has been very helpful - working in the background, as have so many >> other organizations and entities. >> I am planning to thank them for all their efforts on our behalf. >> >> -- >> This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - http://sourcefreedom.com Advancing >> Libraries Together - http://LYRASIS.org > -- This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - http://sourcefreedom.com Advancing Libraries Together - http://LYRASIS.org
