Salvete! > 1. A fund-raising organization should not focus exclusively on > development; Koha should also have reserve funds available for legal > costs to protect its status, and HLT should receive some funds for > administrative costs. >
I concur wholeheartedly. Some other happy purposes could be Conference related, scholarship related, et cetera. > 3. While I would expect most of the funds raised to be in relatively > small amounts, certainly large organizations frequently support > open-source projects with large grants, and these possibilities should > be considered. Preach on bruddah. This will continue to be a lost opportunity as long as there isn't a formalised structure. Large funders are very skittish about donating substantial amounts to something amorphous, no matter how good the rationale for decentralised decision making might be. > 5. After significant funds are raised someone should purchase Biblionix > and open-source Apollo. Then Sirsi. :) Why stop there? We can diversify and acquire Rydges and Godiva. Integration, my friend. ;) Cheers, Brooke _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha