Hi guys, thanks for your reply. I had some experience with councils, having helped in fundraising for events and activities for schools and some non-profits. I am not too familiar with the structure of the whole ubuntu community, but now that I know that we are not an incorporated entity, that clears a few things. My local council, the City Council of Yarra, has a list of organisations and companies that are looking for targets of endorsement, ie, they got cash to throw away, but not sure which organisations to chuck the money at. What the council can do, is to throw the list at me, (or us, or whoever is willing - excuse my current taking ownership of this) and it would be up to me, to ring them up, to check things out, and ask if any interest could be generated. From what the City Council said these are companies trying to look for a good cause to assist, which I suspect means they do want to have a good social profile among the locals. These are not necessarily large enterprises like Coca cola, they could be small local businesses, some non-profit organisations, formed by a few wealthier members, etc.
I don't know if anyone thinks this is a good idea for our particular community. Obviously, with fundraising like this, they would be looking for something with a measurable outcome. But I am simply, at this stage, wondering whether this kind of activity would go against the ubuntu community's goals and aspirations. No one would object to more money, but the problem is how to get that money. I would appreciate some of your opinions. And Dave Hall: You said "As for being "allowed" to fundraise in the name of the loco - I have no idea of what the deal is with that one. ". Sorry abut that I don't think I was been clear. My question was that if there are specific people allowed to do fundraising, eg, criteria of experience, degree, position in the organisation, eg, only the committee members can seek funding from council or commercial settings, and the rest not allowed to touch financial side of things, etc. Are there rules like that within the Ubuntu community? Andrew, I understand the incorporated part, and I understand that currently that is not how we are organised. I wonder though, what would it be like to have an incorporation. I may not be fond of paperwork, but I am a little proud to say that I am good with paperwork. Having done a few fundraising and the paperwork that are required, I think i don't mind doing that role of filling in the paperwork, etc. In fact i kind of relish it. The challenge is to make something stand out, so that the target reader can feel for us, and be willing to give us some money. (Geez, I better stop, I sound more and more like my old English teacher). And thanks you for your suggestions Dave, and you too, Andrew. I will keep your ideas in mind. Still I am making sure that these activities will not "offend" (for lack of a better word) the rest of the ubuntu community. As you probably can notice, I am pretty new to the community, despite the fact that I have used Ubuntu for 3 years. You probably never noticed my name before today. I don't want to jump in, and find that I have made a serious misinterpretation of the way this community operates. I love you guys (Thank you for bringing Ubuntu) and I don't want to kick my own backside and eat the hand that fed me. Regards, benchen70 Benjamin Chen -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
