Hi Kat, Has any thought been Hi en to charging an administrative handling fee for Women's Outreach? Clearly it is taking a lot of time to administer, it does not seem fair that the GNOME Foundation shoulder all of the financial burden of managing it.
Cheers, Dave. On Apr 12, 2014 1:32 AM, "Ekaterina Gerasimova" <kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Foundation members, > > Due to a shortfall in the budget, the Foundation board voted on > 2014-04-08 to freeze all expenditure which is not essential to the > running of the Foundation. This freeze affects sponsorship expenses > which are unpaid at this time, but it does not affect the funds which > we hold for other organisations. > > By keeping our expenditures to a minimum while we regain some delayed > revenue, we aim to have things back to normal within a few months. All > Foundation members who expect to receive reimbursements within the > next three months have already been informed of the issue and most > have responded positively. The board will prioritise these pending > reimbursements over other expenses. > > The issue has been caused by a number of factors. These include > increased administrative overheads in the last few years due to the > increased turnover which has been caused by to the Outreach Program > for Women (OPW), and the associated payments going out while the > associated income has been slow to come in. > > The board expects that you may have some questions or would like to > know more details about the problem, please read > https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/CurrentBudgetFAQ and contact > the board at board-l...@gnome.org if you have any further questions. > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list >
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