Board/Minutes/2020-10-S2S/OSMF fundraising
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Notes by participants. Might be enriched.
This session took place in parallel with "Board transparency". A summary was provided to the other group.
Participants
Board members
- Allan Mustard (Chairperson)
- Guillaume Rischard (Treasurer)
- Mikel Maron
- Rory McCann
The rest of the board members participated in the parallel session "Board transparency".
Notes
Some notes were omitted.
Some points during discussion
- Some amounts might be received in next years.
- The money is out there.
- Other donors available to explore.
Suggestions
- Relay ideas to funders about:
- Multi-year planning.
- Looking for volunteers.
- Creation of fundraising committee.
- Diversify sources of income: e.g. reach out to Local Chapter (LCs).
- Get ear-marked donations from regular volunteers.
- 2021 fund-raising?
- Suggestion for general donation drive instead of ear-marked donations.
Decisions
- Create long term plan.
- Not disclose commitments yet.
Action items
- Allan to circulate outline to rest of board members regarding strategic planning (which would then serve fundraising asks in 2021.
- Guillaume with Mikel to work on plan on how the money will be collected.