Three quarters of a million dollars is a lot of money to collect in such an ad hoc manner. I think you're probably talking about starting a non-profit with that kind of budget as these are "donations" and there are reams of laws and tax codes governing these. Also, I'm not sure the CoA is looking to crowdsource the funds for Trail of Lights so you would probably need to get their buy-in unless you're aiming to "force" them to reconsider canceling it ala the Cactus Cafe uprising.
Cheers, Art Thompson, Jr. Logical Things, Inc. 512-777-1158 [email protected] www.logicalthings.com - social links: facebook.com/logicalthings linkedin.com/in/logicalthings twitter.com/logicalthings We design, build and deploy branded Microsites, Landing Pages, Blogs, Eblasts and Whatever Comes Next. - On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:15 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > Yep, you need a safe place to escrow the money. Also, some companies might > need credit and/or gift letters for the donation out of self interest. This > idea needs a website and a champion too! Chris Walker > -----Original Message----- > Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 10:01:39 am > To: [email protected] > From: "Cody Marx Bailey" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Refresh Austin: 5552] Trail of Lights > > Kickstarter seems kinda obvious to me... > > On Oct 14, 2010 9:58 AM, "Rich Vázquez" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not to be pessimistic, but if you venture out on this, I would partner with > a nonprofit if you create a bank account. That way if it doesn't succeed, > it could funnel into another community event. > -- > Rich Vázquez > > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Matt Gooding <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > My fellow Refres... > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
