From arj@nvg.org Wed Jun 14 07:30:43 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:30:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no ([129.241.210.67]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FqWOC-0000eT-3P for llg-board@lojban.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:30:42 -0700 Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no [129.241.210.68]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE71794790 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:30:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:30:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Arnt Richard Johansen X-X-Sender: arj@hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Raising money: we should tell people how donations will be spent Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-NVG-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-NVG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: arj@nvg.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 120 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: arj@nvg.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board It is common knowledge that people are more likely to give money to an organisation if they know how that money will be spent. The current Donations page[1] is somewhat lacking in this regard. Therefore, I'd like to add something like the following blurb to the page: The LLG is planning to publish new books, such as the planned Lojban-English dictionary, and to resume publication of the journal ''ju'i lobypli''. To make this possible, we are seeking donations. The Logical Language Group, Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) scientific- educational organization, and donations may be tax deductible within the U.S. Is this factually accurate? Do we spend money on other things, which should be mentioned? (I've been poring over the last years' minutes, but all I could find were Quickbooks, and repayments on the loan from Lojbab. One specific point: the page http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=The+Complete+Lojban+Language says that "We acknowledge all donations over $250 in accordance with IRS regulations, and other donations by request." Now, why on Earth would we turn down a donation just because it is less than $250? IIRC we have hardly ever received donations above that sum. [1] http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Donations&bl -- Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ 7% unemployment is no problem, according to 93% of the population.