Hello All - Well I can't sleep and I fly back home in the morning (actually have to be awake in 3 hours - hopefully after this email I can sleep). There is something about this that bothers me and I think we are getting too far in-front of ourselves - because currently the bank account reads zero.... I am completely sorry to miss the meeting and any emails, it happens when you travel with a 2.5 year old. And the follow up meeting time in one week is 2am for me so I think I will miss that one as well. The most important thing about this whole idea is WE NEED volunteers that want to raise money for Koha. It's really that simple, if you think you have a good creative way to raise money for the fund, then WE NEED you! It doesn't really matter who or what signs this MOU, we need to start collecting money. I am PROUD to have my name on this MOU as I was the one who wrote the first draft, presented the idea for years at conferences and then I needed assistance from Bob to push it to the next level. If my name is not on the MOU, so be it, I just want to help collect money for Koha so that we can really just move forward. Let's get some money and then we can have the full discussions about everything else that people are worried about (you need money before you really decide how to spend it). Just to say that again - If nobody is interested in creative ways of seeking money for the project (see EBSCO grant - which ByWater stands to not make a single dime from - I will follow up on that in a few days as I am getting pieces in place) - like grants from vendors who have third party products integrated with Koha, large public/private grants, donations from support vendors, ILMS grants, friends (5 bucks a month makes a difference), code-a-thons (donate 10/25 cents per line of code pushed in a month), and anyone who has heard "NO" a hundred times and doesn't want to give up and will continuously ask for money. If we do not have at least say 7 people that want to do that - then we don't really need to have a vote for who gets to put their name on the MOU (cause in the end it really doesn't matter). Just my 2 cents... Please do not read any tone into this message - I love this idea, it's sorely needed for Koha, it isn't anything hasty as it's been discussed for years. I am tired, I have been traveling for 16 days, most of them involving a Koha activity per day - it sure was great to see you all. I would also be honored to volunteer to raise money for Koha... (and just to be very clear - that's one of my greatest loves - Koha) Thanks and Cheers, Brendan Gallagher (MLS class of 2008) On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:06 PM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
As discussed at the General IRC meeting 11 March 2015, I have posted http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Fundraising for nominations of who should sign the memorandum of understanding on our behalf, as well as any other notes we wish to make.
Another IRC meeting has been called for the same time next week. Currently the only business I expect is to decide on signatories, but of course you can edit the agenda if you want something else discussed before or after, or if you wish to apologise for missing the meeting and include a short statement.
I've also put a section on there for nominations for an initial Fundraising Committee - please see that less as prejudicial and more as allowing as much time as possible for nominations if this does go ahead.
Thanks to BobB and Joann for developing this so far. Please could the memo source code be posted somewhere and linked from the Fundraising page so that any improvements can be suggested?
Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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