[foundation-board] Omidyar prep esp FAO Becky!

Wed May 25 10:17:42 UTC 2011

Thanks Rufus

This is tremendously exciting. Unfortunately I can't join the meeting on the
8th June as I will be in Sheffield at Docfest however depending on the time
I could possible join the phone con on Monday 13th if that is useful.

One immediate thought about the fund phasing - normally I would phase it so
that year 1 is the heaviest funding year with the funding decreasing each
subsequent year. The idea being that you are driving towards change that
will be front loaded and lead to a more sustainable, independent
organisation that has less need for support. I have very little recent
experience with Omidyar so look to those that have more experience of what
they might prefer? Becky? My now very old experience (way back in CC days)
is that they are not interested in supporting an organisation but are
interested in super charging an organisation - they wanted evidence of how
the investment would lead to tangible outcomes. Again - you have been
speaking with these folks so will certainly have a better sense of what they
are looking for so feel free to ignore if inappropriate.

Very happy to feed back on slide deck - ping me when you are ready.

p

On 24 May 2011 18:45, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm following up Jason's mail and to given further background to the board.
> I should emphasize this is a really big opportunity for the Foundation as it
> is a chance to obtain substantial multi-year core funding.
>
> The following summary is excerpted from the summary document <
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xLIF_mVpY0zjw7ptdqiRAAQgictmw6T7TyMYFCtVMp8/edit?hl=en_GB#>
> (there is more info in the shared folder [1]):
>
> [1]: <
> https://docs.google.com/?authuser=0#folders/folder.0.0B5fbcn6R6YWgZjY4OGM5MzEtY2Y2Yi00ZjU4LWI4ZTctMzU3OWYxMTQwOWRi
> >
>
>    - OKF is seeking substantial multi-year core funding from Omidyar (on
>    the order of $1m+ in total)
>    - Initial contact in
>    - RP had phone call then met with Stephen King of Omidyar in March
>    2011. Sent detailed followup set of Q&A which you can see here:
>    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NqTgq1YR2tPhC6pUMyv7Shv9boIEtJ8ylSsmlIbXx4U/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CKSjk6gH#
>    - Omidyar got back to us at start of May and wanted to schedule ‘Round
>    2’, a 1h phone con and presentation to investment committee. This is now
>    scheduled for 13th June. In addition there is an in-person informal meeting
>    on 8th June in London. Email from SK of Omidyar is below.
>       - They are eager for other board members to participate. Becky has
>       already agreed to come to phone con and meeting.
>       - In terms of detailed prep Rufus will lead on this with Jason and
>       Martin.
>
> Immediate actions are (with assignees):
>
>    1. Prepare slides [RP + MK] (review by BH). First draft due CoP Friday
>    27th May.
>    2. Provide background info (see below) [RP + JK]. First draft due CoP
>    24th May.
>
> It would be great to have input from Board members especially in reviewing
> the slides once first draft is done.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rufus
>
> On 18 May 2011 17:02, Jason Kitcat <jason.kitcat at okfn.org> wrote:
> > Dear all
> >
> > In Google Docs there is now a folder:
> >
> > OKF Funding & Project > OKF Omidyar preparation
> >
> > Where the docs we need to get ready for our presentation with Omidyar are
> now living. You should all have access to this either under your own Google
> Account or the okfn.board login.
> >
> > Note:
> > * I need all your help to remind/update me of donors (not
> contracts/clients) we have won for 2011. Please update this spreadsheet if
> you can:
> https://spreadsheets2.google.com/ccc?hl=en_GB&key=tEEno8dhuNOMv6Sj6DA4xRw&hl=en_GB#gid=0
> > * Current cash position awaits Xero upload by Rufus
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Jason
> >
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