[Foundation-l] Isn't it getting to be time...

Fri May 26 01:39:53 UTC 2006

Fundraising is far more a public relations/communications function than 
finance or tech.  All finance needs to do is say how much money we need; 
tech can assist in the implementation but the success or failure of a 
fundraiser depends on how effective we are communicating with the 
donors.  I'd recommend fundraising be a function of the communications 
committee with significant help from other group within the foundation.

Michael

Anthere wrote:
> Daniel Mayer wrote:
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>> --- Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
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>>> So, I'd say we would definitely benefit from a fundraising. It is not 
>>> *urgent* but we need to anticipate before it becomes urgent.
>>>       
>> I told the board before that I will not run another fundraiser without the help from a duly
>> created fundraising committee. Nobody from the board has proposed the creation of such a committee
>> yet and I won't waste my time (as I did with trying to help staff the finance committee) until the
>> board acts. 
>>     
>
> Now, now...shhhh
>
> Right, we never succeeded to create a decent financial committee.
> This said, I am not convinced the fundraising should be part of the 
> financial committee (it involves as well technical needs, communication 
> issues etc...) and I would suggest that we should not get stuck on such 
> bureaucratic details.
>
> Let's simply create a fundraising committee. If some one wants to 
> dissolve it later, or attached it to another already existing 
> committee... fine.
>
> Can you draft for us a resolution with
> * the creation of a fundraising committee
> * description of the goal
> * a team
> * a delegation for this fundraising
>
> I'll post it on the board wiki and we'll see if the board acts (votes...)
>
> (make it several resolutions if you feel necessary)
>
>
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>> We also really should pass a budget for the rest of the year before we have a fundraiser. I'm
>> going to send the spending forecast you aleady have to the officers and committees this weekend.
>> Hopefully, it won't take long to turn that into a proposed budget for the board to vote one. 
>>
>> -- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
>>
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