On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> wrote:
The general fund has an income of around $6-7k per year, or an income rate of about $500/month. I had been concerned previously that the hackfest would steal all our donors and starve the general fund, but you can see even though people are definitely favoring to donate to the hackfest, we're still getting general fund donations (just for first half of March we're already at $2778 - $2275 = $503).
Okay, this puts my concerns to rest then. May as well donate it in a single shot. Yay on the numbers btw!!! Do we have more info, such as who the donors were? I'd like to give them shout outs as we go and maybe get some corporate logos up on our website.
True; it seems odd to specify a donation in the FSA itself. Certainly, I could see it included in the FSA text if it's considered a required membership fee we must pay. If it truly is up to us to optionally choose whether or not to donate and/or how much, then you could argue maybe it would be better handled as an independent matter?
This is why it doesn't feel right to me. If it's a requirement, I would appreciate them being up front about that. If it's not, it's doesn't seem appropriate to me and comes across that they either don't trust us or it's an unspoken requirement.
Cheers, Josh