[Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference

[Joann Ransom]

Hi all,

Can I just clarify my understanding of the situation:

* The Koha community  have decided to establish a Koha Fund for developing Koha,
* Te Horowhenua Trust have agreed to be the 'banker' and umbrella for a Fundraising and a Grants subcommittee,
* The Koha Community is developing operating guidelines for the two committees,
* Johnathan is willing and available to work on Koha under contract to THT and paid from the Koha fund,
* A number of potential donors to the fund are supportive of this plan,
* Johnathan has made a decision to resign from BibLibre.

My take on this is that the Koha community is not responsible for Jonathan's decision to resign from Biblibre and be in the difficult situation he now finds himself.
 
Our responsibility is to collectively establish the 2 Koha fund committees.

Have I over-simplified that or is that about right?

Regards

Jo. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Mirko Tietgen
Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2015 5:43 a.m.
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference

I don't know how to say this without stepping on anyone's toes, but I think this discussion is taking a problematic direction. I don't think it is good to tie the general discussion and decision on all things fundraising to the personal situation of people that may be funded once all is settled.

I refuse to agree I »have put somebody in a difficult situation« because I opposed voting on things that were made public on very short notice before meetings. I was not informed I was discussing anyone's situation. A situation I knew nothing about.

It seems like behind the scenes it has already been agreed to
1) put money into the fund
2) pay somebody with that money

so I have a simple proposal for the parties involved. Please consider contracting people directly until the fundraising stuff is actually up and running and everybody is happy.

Hope that does not anger anyone,

Mirko

PS. Yes, I would like to see Jonathan continue his fine work on Koha. Just to make that clear.


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Mirko Tietgen
mirko at abunchofthings.net
http://koha.abunchofthings.net
http://meinkoha.de


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