[LGM] Libre Graphics Meeting Fundraising Partnership

[Frank Trampe]

Martin answered some of our questions and invited other SPI board members
to participate. I'll follow up further next week.


On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:

> Hi Frank
>
> Did you hear back from SPI?:
>
> On 26 April 2018 at 13:44, Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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> Dave
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