From lojbab@lojban.org Sat Jun 18 08:49:22 2011 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:49:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eastrmfepo101.cox.net ([68.230.241.213]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QXxlw-0000rF-3O for llg-board@lojban.org; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:49:22 -0700 Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmfepo101.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110618154908.HIRC3772.eastrmfepo101.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:49:08 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.101] ([70.187.237.100]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id xTp31g0082AfMYu02Tp3nn; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:49:08 -0400 X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020201.4DFCC8F4.0057,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=DkLg0PgY2o4lZqvIebXfT14XCAMsRf7aiPsXd65v5So= c=1 sm=1 a=dYDkaTZZu5wA:10 a=iePVN7yHfg4A:10 a=xmHE3fpoGJwA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=MQZuvjT3xUZLKv0gclfWMg==:17 a=8YJikuA2AAAA:8 a=NHop5dCRG_D8MHkpYeEA:9 a=y495nllWFRKeVJ69ETMA:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=dxBpO5_FDU0A:10 a=ergr1YsfnrIEa06e:21 a=ySkFn5HzFLB_CqqV:21 a=MQZuvjT3xUZLKv0gclfWMg==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Message-ID: <4DFCC8E9.2030108@lojban.org> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:48:57 -0400 From: Robert LeChevalier User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: How much is the LLG willing to spend on jbonunsla? References: <20110611005221.GJ9936@digitalkingdom.org> <4DF537DD.7020000@lojban.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-archive-position: 793 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board Veijo Vilva wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Robert LeChevalier > wrote: > > Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > In particular, on the room used to host it and subsidies like last > year? > > There are individuals that will help, but I'd like a budget. To > give a sense of scale, $1,000 would be enough that I wouldn't really > have to worry about money at all. > > -Robin, who will try to have things be less half-assed next year. > > > When I was hosting, we typically spent around $500-600 (mostly on > food), and asked for donations to help cover expenses, usually > getting back half. Given that our income stream is healthier, I > have no problem with $1000. > > I will presume a motion to that effect. > > > OK also with me. It has been a few days, and no objections, so I will rule this motion passed so that Robin feels free to start spending money. BTW Robin, I have your LLG credit card and apparently never sent it to you. As usual, I feel a need to confirm the snail address before sending it. > It might not hurt to ask people who come to donate, and then in > future years we can add part or all of the donation total to the > budget (so if we take in $200 this year, we can spend $1200 next > year). If you do this, make sure you keep track of who gives how > much for bookkeeping and any required IRS receipts. > > > Seconded. A little bit leeway never hurts. It also gives people a meaningful reason to donate - it enables us to grow and do more in the following year without increasing the fixed outlay. lojbab