[@OKau] funding for events?

[Steven De Costa]

Yep. OKAU is on the way to being a chapter as a legal entity. It is already
a legal entity but we haven't pushed the status with okau central as yet.

Melbourne is essentially a sub group geographically speaking.

I'll make a note to recheck all this and update the central website ahead
of the next board meeting.

On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Cobi Alison Smith <cobi.smith at unimelb.edu.au>
wrote:

>  This surprises me - who do I thank for the food at OK Melbourne events?
> Does Thoughtworks pay for food as part of its awesome hosting, or do
> organizers pay themselves? (If so thank you organizers and/or Thoughtworks
> because the presence of vegetarian food has been a drawcard for myself and
> others I've invited to participate)
>
>  I guess this is a difference between an Open Knowledge Chapter and...
> whatever OKAU is at this point.
>
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> *From:* okfn-au [okfn-au-bounces at lists.okfn.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','okfn-au-bounces at lists.okfn.org');>] on
> behalf of Steven De Costa [steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au');>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 June 2015 4:38 PM
> *To:* Open Knowledge discussion list for Australia.
> *Subject:* Re: [@OKau] funding for events?
>
>   Hi Rosie,
>
>  Not at this stage due to two things:
>
>  1. A process to request/grant is not in place.
> 2. The balance of any current assets is yet to be confirmed. When it is,
> which is soon, I'm not expecting it to be any greater than 3k and could
> easily be zero.
>
>  However I can certainly suggest people hold on to receipts as I'd hope
> we'd do something retrospectively at a future date.
>
>  Also, I'm happy to help negotiate funding arrangements via third parties
> for specific events. This is how I was able to cover around 60% of the
> expenses for the recent event in Canberra. The remaining 40% was covered by
> Link Digital.
>
>  Also, just to reply to Fiona's point, Ana is working on the bank account
> establishment. As Treasurer I'm just waiting on that to start tracking
> books and putting things in place. I'll likely have a paper on this stuff
> for decision at the next Board meeting.
>
>  Cheers,
> Steven
>
> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Rosie Williams <budgetaus at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','budgetaus at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>>  Does the OKAU offer any funding for volunteers running events? ie to
>> pay for pizza for attendees for example?
>>
>>
>> Rosie Williams BA (Sociology)
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