Hi everyone,
I'm on the board of WiserEarth http://www.wiserearth.org/, which is a 501(c)3 that is well-aligned with Wikimedia's mission. I talked to the ED, and she very graciously agreed to act as a fiscal sponsor for our upcoming conference! We still need to work out the paperwork and get official board approval, but what it basically means is that WiserEarth will process payments and disburse checks. It will also take a 3% overhead on sponsorships, which is very small.
This also means we'll be able to accept sponsors soon. Which means we should start looking for some. :-)
Unfortunately, I won't be able to do the leg work on this. I'm literally leaving town next week and will be off-grid for the better part of October. Before I go, I'd love to work with some volunteers interested in going out and getting sponsorships, and I'm happy to make introductions where I can. At minimum, we should apply for a Wikimedia Foundation grant soon.
Who's in? :-)
=Eugene
I've been calling around trying to line up sponsors for the OLPC SF summit in three weeks -- http://olpcsf.org -- and will be happy to share my contacts after the checks, if any, clear. It's been slower going so far than I expected but with zero expectations two weeks ago and not so many attendees who need reimbursement it should work out.
Speaking of which, does the Foundation want to help out with OLPC SF?
On Sep 30, 2010 12:41 AM, "Eugene Eric Kim" eekim@blueoxen.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm on the board of WiserEarth http://www.wiserearth.org/, which is a 501(c)3 that is well-aligned with Wikimedia's mission. I talked to the ED, and she very graciously agreed to act as a fiscal sponsor for our upcoming conference! We still need to work out the paperwork and get official board approval, but what it basically means is that WiserEarth will process payments and disburse checks. It will also take a 3% overhead on sponsorships, which is very small.
This also means we'll be able to accept sponsors soon. Which means we should start looking for some. :-)
Unfortunately, I won't be able to do the leg work on this. I'm literally leaving town next week and will be off-grid for the better part of October. Before I go, I'd love to work with some volunteers interested in going out and getting sponsorships, and I'm happy to make introductions where I can. At minimum, we should apply for a Wikimedia Foundation grant soon.
Who's in? :-)
=Eugene
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I am doing terrible at fundraising on the phone. Someone with prestige and connections should be doing this.
Does anyone want to try help fundraising for both? Let me know and I'll pass you my contacts.
On Sep 30, 2010 1:11 AM, "James Salsman" jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
I've been calling around trying to line up sponsors for the OLPC SF summit in three weeks -- http://olpcsf.org -- and will be happy to share my contacts after the checks, if any, clear. It's been slower going so far than I expected but with zero expectations two weeks ago and not so many attendees who need reimbursement it should work out.
Speaking of which, does the Foundation want to help out with OLPC SF?
On Sep 30, 2010 12:41 AM, "Eugene Eric Kim" eekim@blueoxen.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'...
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