[SGVLUG] Paypal (Was Re: Lan - SGVLUG/SGVHAK fundraising on Thursday 3/9

Tue Mar 14 19:22:31 PDT 2017

Hi Lan,

Okie Dokie.  I'm willing to contribute since the group has been good to me, I scored the free 50" TV that  Eric Hammond gave away and it is my first big screen TV.  I don't watch much TV, but it is really a treat to have it when I do or to watch videos on.  
I like the willingness of everyone to help others in the group and that alone is refreshing compared to the general population.  
I really enjoyed the BBQ and I'm looking forward to it again.  

BTW, I went to a really nice Christmas Party some years ago and the host made a list of items that she wanted people to bring with a space next to their name to sign up and an e-mail went out every so often to let others know what was still needed.  If you want to see it and use it for the party, let me know.  
 The reason I don't ever come to the meetings is twofold, one they are waaaaay over my head and the other is a church group has a meeting about once a quarter on the same night.  

Thank you, 
Jan
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      From: Lan Dang via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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Hi Jan,
Thanks for sending the t-shirts our way.  We gave most of them away at the LUG meeting the other night.  I think we still have a couple of medium size t-shirts that we can give away at HAK.  The orange t-shirts were from Endless Computers.https://endlessos.com/home/

I do plan on having a BBQ this year.  I won't have a date till after April, since it partly depends on the state of my backyard and how much time I have to clean it up.
I think our fundraising last week will take care of our fixed expenses for the rest of the year.  The LUG has always been good about donations when we need them; it allows us to not worry about finances for a nice long time.  I don't anticipate having to ask again unless we're trying to raise money for a big project or event.

However, given the multiple requests I've received about Paypal, I will work on setting up a Paypal account for LUG, so we can offer that donation option for those of you who can't participate in person.  However, I don't plan on posting a link to the website because I've heard that Paypal is annoying when it comes to holding onto funds in the account.

Thanks
Lan

      From: Jan Foote via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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Hi Lan,  

I have appreciated all the help I have gotten from this group when I have had questions and would like to contribute some money for the fundraising to the group.  I can PayPal or send you a check, which ever you prefer.  Let me know.  How much were you short on expenses?

BTW, I 'm the one that brought the booth guys over to our booth that was giving the orange T-shirts away at the end of SCaLE Sunday.  I also snagged some other blue ones that I will bring you the next time I'm coming to something.  I have four I think that are medium or women's.  

I'm looking forward to the summer BBQ if you're doing it and can bring churros again.  

Thank you, 
Jan
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      From: Lan Dang via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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Hi all,
Thanks for the responses.  We had a great time with the fundraising.  Much thanks go to Michael Starch for handling the raffles and donations.
No Starch Press generously gave us a small stack of books this SCaLE, and we had ebook vouchers leftover from last year. All of them were raffled off, and John took a group photo, which I hope to either email or tweet at them later this weekend.  We were much amused that Starch was running the No Starch raffle, which is one of the reasons why there was a Starch raffle campaign to begin with.  (The prize turned out to be a hearty handshake.)
We started out with $91 from the SCaLE booth.  We got $317 from Thursday's meeting.  169 raffle tickets ended up in Starch's box, which means we'll get an additional $169 donation match from Steven, Michael, and me.  Total funds raised will be $577.  Thank you all for contributing.  It means a lot to see this exuberant sign of support for our community.  It bodes well for a 25th anniversary party in a few years :)  

Lan

      From: Bryan Backer via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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I also like the paypal suggestion - if that's around, it can be politely mentioned at meetings or gatherings,keeping the fundraising bucket always accessible but low key.
Thank you for all your efforts keeping things rolling Lan!
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Lan Dang via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> wrote:

Hi Matt, Jason, et al,
Thanks for the positive response.  The LUG does not have a bank account that I'm aware of.  We're just relying on a few people to handle the bills and accounting.  If you're interested in the PayPal option, contact me off-list at L dot Dang at YMAIL dot COM, and I will send you to James.  
Braddock is helping me set up a new administrative mailing list so we can talk about these things. As a functional anarchy, things get done because people want to do them.  Or because I know them IRL and we can have a conversation about it.
Lan

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I second that.  I will be out of town for the meeting.

Matt

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On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 6:39 AM, Jason Riker via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> wrote:

Group,

Do we have an online account, like PayPal, where we can donate?
Thanks,
Jason

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Lan Dang via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> wrote:

Hi all,
tl;dr Running this group costs money.  Please contribute to our fundraising at SGVLUG meeting on Thursday.  We have cool stuff leftover from our SCaLE booth.

WHY WE NEED MONEY==================
As I have mentioned before, it costs about $300/year to pay for SGVLUG/SGVHAK/SGVTech expenses.  Numbers available at the end of this email.  

We raised $91 at our SCaLE booth, so we have a ways to go

RAISING MONEY ON THURSDAY==========================We have a SGVLUG meeting this Thursday at 7pm at OpenX (888 E Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA), so I would like to continue the fundraising there. If you value our functional anarchy (and my sanity), please bring cash with you and participate in our raffle.  You can also just donate.  
https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech /events/234637699/
RAFFLE---------
Everyone will get a raffle ticket for attending the meeting.  If you want to increase your chances of winning the raffle, you can buy more tickets for $1 apiece.  We will have 3 bins for you to put the raffle ticket into, depending on what prize you want.
We will be raffling off 
 * SGVLUG/SGVHAK-ware (t-shirt or cup) * No Starch books/ebook vouchers (might have multiple winners) * Starch himself**
** NOTE: I'm a little unclear about what you get as a raffle prize, but I promised that Steven and I would pool our resources and contribute $1 for each raffle ticket in Starch's bin.
DONATION + REWARDS
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If you'd rather go the donation route, we have plenty of rewards, thanks to the generosity of Tux-Lab.  Plus, we have some nice O'Reilly books we picked up during booth teardown at SCaLE 14x.
   - Tux-Lab Tux acrylic keychains for minimum of $1 donation   - O'Reilly books for minimum of $2 donation
   - Tux-Lab Tux and GNU acrylic phone stands for minimum of $10 donation   - Tux-lab aluminum cases with colored acrylic covers for Arduino Uno or Raspberry Pi for minimum of $20 donation.

WHERE THE MONEY GOES======================
We give James the money and he pays the bills and accounts for it in a Google doc.   Before SCaLE, we were down to $44.92 in the kitty.   Most of the money going into the kitty over the past 3 years have come from individual donations, the tip jar at Tux-Lab, and a rather large donation by Tux-Lab.

Here is the breakdown for 2016.

| 1/5/2016 | sgvtech.io | NameCheap | 18643966 | 32.88 | 1 year |
| 1/30/2016 | Meetup Group | Meetup.com | 
 | $89.94 | 6 months |
| 3/15/2016 | sgvlug.org,sgvlug.net | NameCheap | 19681687 | $25.54 | 1 year |
| 4/8/2016 | Mailing List VPS | BuyVM | 168563 | $15.00 | 1 year |
| 8/14/2016 | Meetup Group | Meetup.com | 
 | $89.94 | 6 months |
| 8/28/16 | sgvhak.org,net,com | NameCheap | 
 | $45.05 | 1 year |

The total was: $298.35

Lan

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