[LGM] finances

[Louis Desjardins]

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> - go for the usual account @ canada and hope that the delays are not too
> big
>
> Is this an option? I was under the impression that Louis's schedule was
still rather overcrowded. Louis?

Correct. I am not able to pursue this work for the coming LGM.

Louis

2017-11-15 7:06 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>:

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> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 7:16 AM, ale rimoldi <ale at graphicslab.org> wrote:
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>> hi lgmers
>>
>> last week we shortly talked about finances.
>>
>> frank seems to have a proposal in the pipe but it does not seem likely
>> that it will be ready in time for the lgm 2018.
>>
>> To clarify, I fully expect to have the proposal ready for action by the
> meeting date, but it is unlikely that it will be completed and approved
> soon enough to raise money for this year's event.
>
>
>> i would suggest that for the next bi-monthly lgm meeting we prepare our
>> stuff and try to find an answer to the following questions:
>>
>> - do we want to (try to) offer a travel reimbursement for the lgm 2018?
>>
>> I think that it is unlikely that we will be able to raise that money this
> time around, and we must prioritize the execution of the event. But we
> ought to note this as an objective in fundraising and to seek to meet as
> much of it as possible.
>
>
>> - do we want to collect money from the community as LGM?
>>
>> - do we prefer delegating the reimbursement to the groups participating
>> in the lgm (each for "their" own people)?
>> (eventually, one group could collect a bit more and be in charge of the
>> few participants who will really need a reimbursement but are not part of a
>> group?)
>>
>> - go for the usual account @ canada and hope that the delays are not too
>> big
>>
>> Is this an option? I was under the impression that Louis's schedule was
> still rather overcrowded. Louis?
>
>
>> - does anybody want to be in charge of the "global" finances for 2018?
>>
>> It improves my perspective and credibility working on our new prospective
> deal if I do this. Operationally, though, it's probably best if somebody
> who has done it be involved at the least. We got volunteers at the 2016
> event to serve on a finance committee. I propose that we use that approach
> to cover both sides of the challenge (immediate operations and future
> solutions).
>
>
>> ciao
>> a.l.e
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