<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 16:15, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Danny,<div><br></div><div>Sorry, I think I missed the beginning of the thread on what you are fundraising for.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Original message: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2010-January/003862.html">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2010-January/003862.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The deadline is coming up soon and we've raised $1785 with just $415 to go! If anyone has some money to spare, this is the final push! We <b>will</b> be at the convention and we need enough money to cover printing the manga and flier. check out the draft here and let us know what you think <a href="http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/DRAFT-Ubuntu-AnimeBos-Flyer-1-156027211">http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/DRAFT-Ubuntu-AnimeBos-Flyer-1-156027211</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The ball is really getting rolling and i expect this to be very successful! </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<div>I've done a bit of fundraising for some Sugar on a Stick projects and there are small grants available depending on who you are and what and especially where you are working.</div><div><br></div><div>The Do Something Grant of $500 for college and high school students was successful for us for instance.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ah, i hadn't thought of getting grants before. Do you have any other recommended grants to apply for? What else have you dont to raise money? </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<div>Cheers,</div><div>Caroline<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Danny Piccirillo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div></div><div class="h5">Thanks guys, if anybody has other good fundraising ideas, please post them! <div><br></div><div>So far, there seem to be a few different ways to fundraise: <br><ul><li>Holding regular events where people can make small donations</li>
<ul><li>Does anybody have any creative ideas for events (besides installfests) where this could be successful? I'd like to organize a booth on the street in a popular part of the city to showcase Ubuntu</li></ul><li>
Buying something in bulk and selling (the Ubuntu Massachusetts team did this with aluminum <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MassachusettsTeam/Projects/AluminiumCaseBadges" target="_blank">Ubuntu case badges</a>)</li>
<ul><li>What else have people sold, or think might be good to sell? </li></ul><li>Just plain old announcing a project and looking for funders (Ubuntu Massachusetts is doing this with <a href="http://ubuntu-massachusetts.com/events/9/" target="_blank">Anime Boston</a>)</li>
<ul><li>Any ideas on how to do this more effectively? </li></ul><li>Other methods you can think of? </li></ul></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 21:54, Jan Claeys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@janc.be" target="_blank">lists@janc.be</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Op vrijdag 05-02-2010 om 13:13 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Jamal:<br><div>> I'm not particularly familiar with the topic of fundraising, so I<br>> apologize if my comments aren't helpful.<br>><br>> How would it work if you asked attendees to donate a low amount for<br>
> such events as release parties or other type of gatherings? They are<br>> expected to receive dinner, so I don't see why that would be too much<br>> to ask for. What are your thoughts?<br><br></div>Well, "release parties" are different things for every locoteam, but if<br>
you have a party where people can eat/drink, then of course it's useful<br>to make a little bit of profit on that!<br><br>Also, asking for donations can be really useful sometimes. Most people<br>will give you a small amount like 0.50 or 1 € here, but sometimes<br>
somebody gives 10 of 20 € too (e.g. because they are happy with Ubuntu,<br>have no time to volunteer, and thus want to help another way).<br><br>Donations can also be in addition to the base price of something, e.g.<br>if a drink is 1,50 €, make posters that any change money not claimed is<br>
for the benefit of the locoteam, so if somebody pays with 2 € and says<br>"keep the change", you make an (extra) 0.50 € profit for the locoteam.<br><br>(Of course that's not possible when you are at a venue where you can't<br>
sell your own drinks/food. Make sure you use a venue where you can.<br>Volunteering for the bar is also a good way for non-technical people to<br>help the locoteam!)<br><br><br>PS: the € is used as an example monetary unit, replace by whatever is<br>
used in your country! ;-)<br><br><br>--<br>Jan Claeys<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>--<br></font><div><div></div><div>loco-contacts mailing list<br><a href="mailto:loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 00:13, Jan Claeys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@janc.be">lists@janc.be</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
Op woensdag 17-02-2010 om 12:16 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Danny<br>Piccirillo:<br><div class="im">> Thanks guys, if anybody has other good fundraising ideas, please post<br>> them!<br>><br>><br>> So far, there seem to be a few different ways to fundraise:<br>
> * Holding regular events where people can make small donations<br>> * Does anybody have any creative ideas for events<br>> (besides installfests) where this could be successful?<br>
> I'd like to organize a booth on the street in a<br>> popular part of the city to showcase Ubuntu<br><br></div>We have booths at the regular computer sales fairs organized all over<br>
the country here ( <a href="http://www.dipro.be/benl/micro_mega_market" target="_blank">http://www.dipro.be/benl/micro_mega_market</a> in nl/fr).<br>(We get a 50% discount for being a "non profit computer club", maybe<br>
because we attract some extra people by listing our presence on our<br>site...)<br><br>I also heard some locoteam(s?) have had a booth at a folk festival.<br>(Something I've been considering before...)<br><br></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Do you collect donations there? How much does it cost you and how to you make money from that? </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<br>> * Buying something in bulk and selling (the Ubuntu Massachusetts<br><div class="im">> team did this with aluminum Ubuntu case badges)<br>> * What else have people sold, or think might be good to<br>
> sell?<br><br></div>T-shirts, mugs, stickers, keychains, mousemats, ... (We ordered stuff<br>from the Canonical shop & resold it at FOSDEM with some profit.)<br><br>Also: posters, localised CDs, locoteam t-shirts, ...<br>
<br><br>----<br><br>We also had a 1-weekend booth at a large (about 10000 visitors / day)<br>commercial 9-day long fair in one city here, by being offered a "small"<br>part of a large organisation's exposition space for 2 days.<br>
We didn't sell anything there, nor did we ask for any gifts, but just<br>having a booth at that fair would have been financially impossible<br>without their offer (even if ubuntu-be is maybe a "rich" locoteam<br>
compared to many others), so sometimes cooperation with companies or<br>government institutions can help you get in places where you wouldn't be<br>able to get otherwise.<font color="#888888"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#888888"><br>
</font></font></font></blockquote></div><br><div>Wow, cool-- does most of the money you do make come from selling items at fairs and conventions? </div><div><div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>.danny<br><br>☮♥Ⓐ - <a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo">http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo</a><br>
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