[LGM] Libre Graphics Meeting Fundraising Partnership

[Frank Trampe]

Hello, Martin.

I'm just following up to see whether there was any chance of getting our
letter aired with the board. We're perfectly willing to pursue other
options if you don't think it's appropriate, but SPI seems to be our best
match if it's workable. We'll hope to hear from you soon.

Best wishes,

Frank


On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay. We'll look forward to hearing from you.
>
> To be more specific, we're also not asking you to plan the conference. We
> would still pick the venue, solicit talks, schedule, and the like. The four
> main things from SPI would be accepting funds, disbursing funds,
> accounting, and helping us to meet any relevant regulatory requirements for
> those activities. We would work to minimize the burden on your organization
> wherever possible.
>
> I hope that we can make it work somehow.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Martin Michlmayr <tbm at cyrius.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Frank,
>>
>> * Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com> [2018-02-19 16:01]:
>> > I wasn't clear on what you mean by not sponsoring conferences. Our
>> > organization's main purpose is to run a meeting, but we're not asking
>> SPI
>> > to give us money
>>
>> Ok, I've read the PDF letter in the meantime.  Please disregard what I
>> wrote about sponsorship.  Some conferences approach us from time to
>> time to ask for sponsorship, i.e. money for their conferences, and
>> that's something we don't really do.  But that's not what you're
>> asking for anyway.
>>
>> > just to take administrative responsibility for our
>> > organization (including finances), leaving the actual fundraising to
>> us. Is
>> > that okay, or is partnering with conferences in any form outside of the
>> > present charter?
>>
>> I don't think it's outside our charter.  However, I think running a
>> conference involves a lot of work in terms of organization and I'm not
>> sure we'd be able to handle that at the moment.  However, that's just
>> my gut reaction.  I'll read your letter in more detail in a few days
>> and think about it some more.  (I'm travelling right now.)
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> --
>> Martin Michlmayr
>> http://www.cyrius.com/
>>
>
>
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