On 8 June 2016 at 07:33, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> On 4 June 2016 at 15:25, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> 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.
What are the open questions? >> 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. Do you agree with Laura's suggestion that the TA funds could be used to cover a travel bursary to the event in Bogota? >> 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. I guess we need that ledger file :) _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep