On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:51 PM, mhampton <hampto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have several times been in the position of being appointed > treasurer, for various organizations, I think because I am often the > "math person". The things I have learned are: I am not a very good > treasurer, and organizational skills are much more important than math > skills for such a position. > > It might be useful to look for someone who is in the Seattle area but > perhaps not even a developer, or a minor developer. Detail oriented, > likes keeping things organized, and good at communicating. > > I think some effort towards raising money through donations could pull > in quite a bit, even if done in an un-obnoxious way (perhaps > especially if low key - public radio pledge drives make me crazy). > > -Marshall
Marshall -- many thanks for sharing your thoughts! I realize that other people might be very hesitant to do so publicly. If people have other related ideas, please definitely feel free to email me offlist, and I will keep your replies confidential. Thanks, william > > On Oct 22, 2:00 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Sage-Devel, >> >> There is a Sage Foundation account at UW with some money, often from >> private people, and also from book sales (e.g., the Sage Tutorial from >> Lulu.com, which is pretty popular). People can also make >> tex-deductible donations to this account. >> >> When managing funds (e.g., with other grants I have with co-PI's >> etc.), I personally feel much more comfortable if there is another >> person who I can discuss any ideas for spending such money. For >> example, right now we're having regular trouble with the trac server >> not being robust enough (IMHO). Spending a little money on somebody >> to fix this situation would make sense. >> >> It would be useful to have somebody with an interest in fund raising. >> There are numerous people who directly or indirectly benefit >> financially from Sage and would like to somehow give back financially, >> but perhaps don't know what the best way to do this is, and moreover >> don't know how their money will be used. E.g., somebody yesterday >> wrote to me that he has started a web-based company that uses Sage, >> and wanted to donate some small amount of money as a result. >> >> I would thus like to open a general discussion about creating an >> official position of "Treasurer" for the Sage project. The point of >> this thread is to brainstorm about what such a person might do, to >> nominate people, etc. Some ideas for possible duties: >> >> * post a list of how Sage foundation money gets spent on a web page >> * keep track of the budget >> * provide feedback about ideas for spending money wisely >> * make it clear to people how they can donate money to the >> project, and precisely how incredibly valuable such donations can be >> to us. >> >> Thoughts? I'm just hoping for a very open ended discussion.... If >> people have anecdotal experience being (or knowing) a treasurer for >> some organization, they could share that as well. >> >> I could imagine that several people could be nominated and one person >> elected. >> >> -- >> >> William Stein >> Associate Professor of Mathematics >> University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org > > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
