Laura Vargas
2016-08-15 14:01:32 UTC
Dear Caryl,
Going back to your original idea... Would you agree, that our Team requires
some kind of "Coordination Calendar" for the Fundraising yearly Cycles?
My opinion is it could be part of a basic SL Candelar Activity...
Best regards and keep having a good time *learning* with ur granchildren :D
Laura V
Going back to your original idea... Would you agree, that our Team requires
some kind of "Coordination Calendar" for the Fundraising yearly Cycles?
My opinion is it could be part of a basic SL Candelar Activity...
Best regards and keep having a good time *learning* with ur granchildren :D
Laura V
Hi FolksâŠ
"Nickel and dimeing" members doesn't seem to be a viable option. Not
enough funds would be raised for all the wonderful things Dave (and many
others) envision. Having an easy means for patrons to donate would be
wonderful. But, the best way to raise funds for projects is probably
through an active "Development Committee" similar to those used by
educational institutions and other non-profits.
So, you may ask, what is a Development Committee and what do they do? As
the fundraising arm of the organization, it is tasked with seeking out
funding sources. For SugarLabs that might be mostly through competitive
grants.
the Adult Literacy X-Prize (1)⊠team sign ups closed last December 15 and
the Global Learning X-Prize (2), (which seems a perfect fit for Sugar
Labs) closed in April of 2015
And, what was SLOB doing when these opportunities came and went? In 2015
they were concerned with GCI, the election, GSOC, Turtle Arts Days, etc.
and in 2014 it was more of the same. Nothing about funding opportunities!
I can't believe we totally missed the Global Learning one. It was such a
good fit that I know we could have done very well.
We need a team of dedicated volunteers to continually search for new
opportunities, such as these, that would be a good fit. It should be
organized with a volunteer chairperson and volunteer members who would
continuously be on the look out for possible grant opportunities and
discuss them using whatever platform they choose to use. The chairperson,
or a designee, could report at the monthly meetings what they had foundâŠ
either "nothing" or "X, Y, and Z."
The board could decide to approve or disapprove moving forward with any of
these opportunities with a simple floor motion.
Caryl
(1) http://adultliteracy.xprize.org
(2) http://learning.xprize.org
"Nickel and dimeing" members doesn't seem to be a viable option. Not
enough funds would be raised for all the wonderful things Dave (and many
others) envision. Having an easy means for patrons to donate would be
wonderful. But, the best way to raise funds for projects is probably
through an active "Development Committee" similar to those used by
educational institutions and other non-profits.
So, you may ask, what is a Development Committee and what do they do? As
the fundraising arm of the organization, it is tasked with seeking out
funding sources. For SugarLabs that might be mostly through competitive
grants.
the Adult Literacy X-Prize (1)⊠team sign ups closed last December 15 and
the Global Learning X-Prize (2), (which seems a perfect fit for Sugar
Labs) closed in April of 2015
And, what was SLOB doing when these opportunities came and went? In 2015
they were concerned with GCI, the election, GSOC, Turtle Arts Days, etc.
and in 2014 it was more of the same. Nothing about funding opportunities!
I can't believe we totally missed the Global Learning one. It was such a
good fit that I know we could have done very well.
We need a team of dedicated volunteers to continually search for new
opportunities, such as these, that would be a good fit. It should be
organized with a volunteer chairperson and volunteer members who would
continuously be on the look out for possible grant opportunities and
discuss them using whatever platform they choose to use. The chairperson,
or a designee, could report at the monthly meetings what they had foundâŠ
either "nothing" or "X, Y, and Z."
The board could decide to approve or disapprove moving forward with any of
these opportunities with a simple floor motion.
Caryl
(1) http://adultliteracy.xprize.org
(2) http://learning.xprize.org
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Laura V.
I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
Happy Learning!
Laura V.
I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
Happy Learning!