[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu-ZA Moving Forward

[Stefan Lesicnik]

----- Original Message -----
> >> <raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za> wrote:
> >> > On Sunday 11 April 2010 20:01:02 David Rubin wrote:
> >> >> Do we:
> >> >> 1) Set up a dedicated bank account,
> >> >> 2) Set up a paypal account,
> >> >> 3) Appoint a person to keep track of the funds (publicly) and
> >> >> just keep the money safe, or
> >> >> 4) Hide some money under a bed.
> >> >
> >> > I think that we can get funding, but unfortunately all 4 of these
> >> > options rely
> >> > on one thing: having a person manage the finances. And no one
> >> > ever really
> >> > wants that job (no matter what they say).
> >> >
> >> > I think that having *sponsors* rather than *donors* is a better
> >> > idea. A
> >> > sponsor can sponsor something like hosting or a VPS or something.
> >> > Then no
> >> > money has to exchange hands (which you need a legal entity for,
> >> > btw) and
> >> > no one is dumped with the job of being treasurer.
> >> >
> >> > Also, from the company's perspective, often it's easier from an
> >> > accounting point of view to work with sponsorship than with
> >> > donations.
> >>
> >> I really like this suggestion. I think it would work for most of
> >> what we need "funding for" which basically would be hosting +
> >> posters/cds/stickers every now and again.
> >>
> >> I think we still need to try and find these *sponsors* though ;-p
> >
> > Hi Dave
> > Try these for sponsorship:
> > http://webapps.ubuntu.com/marketplace/africa/ Personally I feel a
> > much better job could be done with the marketplace web
> > page. As a small business owner or professional all I would want to
> > know is, "who
> > supports Ubuntu in my suburb/town/city and are they reputable ?".
> > There should be a simple search function where I can search by city.
> > The search program can be programmed to return LoCo results first,
> > then service
> > providers, then Ubuntu partners. This gives LoCo's a "commercial"
> > incentive to provide support.
> > Just my 2c.
> 
> It would be cool to approach the people that are listed on that site
> for sponsor ship though.
> 
> I am not sure Loco's want to stand providing Commercial support. This
> has a whole lot of other implications even more so then getting
> funding registering as an official non profit and other huge amounts
> of red tape ;/

Hi guys,

I really prefer the sponsorship option. I need to confirm with management, but i'm pretty sure LSD will be willing to sponsor this. Just need to decide exactly what is required. I don't think members should be required to 'pay' anything, but rather assist with time in updating wiki's, content, admin etc.

Stefan