Re: Current state of Foundation finances

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

Hi Alberto,

On 13 April 2014 16:31, Alberto Ruiz <aruiz gnome org> wrote:
> So, the FAQ has a call for donations, however I can't find how to donate
> anywhere, the closest thing I can find is making a PayPal donation to GIMP
> :-)

There's a link from https://www.gnome.org to
https://www.gnome.org/friends/ and there's also
https://www.gnome.org/friends/other-ways-to-donate/. I will add both
of these to the FAQ. Thanks for pointing out!

> 2014-04-13 15:40 GMT+02:00 Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>:
>
> > David King <amigadave amigadave com> wrote:
> > ...
> > > > > Don't we have reserves though? We should have 6 months of operating
> > > > > expenses as reserves.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I should leave maybe this to Kat and other board members but I'm
> > > > recently enough gone that I can answer - the Foundation has adequate
> > > > reserves for GNOME's ordinary operations but not for OPW, and the
> > > > program has ramped up really quickly while the Foundation is still very
> > > > small.
> > >
> > >
> > > That is not correct according to:
> > >
> > >
> > > https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/CurrentBudgetFAQ#What_is_the_problem.3F
> > > That section states "The Foundation does not have any cash reserves
> > > right
> > > now".
> >
> > Blunt statements like this aren't very helpful, and they send a really
> > bad message. It's easy to read this line and think the worst.
> >
> > Clearly we do have protected reserves - which we are preserving by the
> > freeze on sponsorship repayments. The extra reserves that we usually
> > have are expected to recover, and there is a plan in place to ensure
> > this happens. Can we try and clarify this on the wiki please?
> >
> > Allan
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>
> --
> Cheers,
> Alberto Ruiz
>
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