[Ubuntu-eg] Fundraising

[Ahmed Shams]

On 8 September 2011 03:49, Karim Fayez <karim.fayez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all;
> Allow me to start some threads regarding what can we do for our team in the
> next phase which we hope will boost performance and capabilities.
> First things first :-) funds(inkind and cash)
> I have worked as a fundraiser for some quality time and I have a kind of
> good experience in this matter which I would like to move forward to process
> for the sake of our team. What we need to have is first a team of
> negotiators and I can train them, a document about Ubuntu-eg and what we
> call a benefit pack which is basically what we can give in exchange for the
> funds we get. I can start working on that with the help of the team members
> to come up with a set of ideas achievable by us in order to start working
> upon this matter. An issue was raised with ahmed toulan about the
> registration of Ubuntu-eg either as a company or an NGO and I will elaborate
> about the differences in Egyptian law regarding taxes after consulting with
> a lawyer as there r several types of both. I would go with ahmed towards an
> NGO if that won't stand in the way of several resources related to
> incubation activities that we might be able to attract but I will consult
> the lawyer in details about this matter.
> I think we as a team have huge potential to do alot so lets go ahead and
> start.
> Any ideas regarding this matters and any comments would be very helpful to
> achieve our goals so please contribute freely ;-)
>
> Ideas have no limits
>
> Thanks and best regards;
> Karim Fayez
>
Yes let's fire it up, I think too that an NGO became the next logical step,
but we need to understand more:
1. If we reg'd it as an NGO it won't be a LoCo anymore, so that ngo will be
separate from the LoCo.
2. Team of Negotiators to negotiate what and with who?

That's it, Thanks :D


-- 
Regards,
Ahmed
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-eg/attachments/20110908/d61c1a55/attachment.html>