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">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/">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">lists@janc.be</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Op vrijdag 05-02-2010 om 13:13 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Jamal:<br> <div class="im">> 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 class="h5">loco-contacts mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com">loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><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>Every (in)decision matters. <br> </div>