[Bod-fundraising] Fundraising committee meeting notes from today 1.17.12

Sun Jan 29 18:16:18 CST 2012

I have thanked all the Sustainer Fund donors and Ben G.  I agree Ben  
should be offered a painting.  I am willing to contact Ben and let him  
choose a painting if you want.  Just let me know.

I do have a question on the remaining December paypal donors.   At  
least five donated $50, which appears to be for specifically for  
membership.  Have we in the past sent thank you notes to individuals  
for joining?

The three remaining contributors gave between $75-$125.  Again I was  
unclear about their intentions (membership or general donation) and  
whether a thank you was warranted.

I have not sent email thank you's to these seven.

Some direction from Fundraising is welcomed.
Durl
PS-I assume in the future Fundraising will coordinate thank you notes.

On Jan 29, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:

> We have a number of people who gave over $250 this last time and I  
> think we should offer the paintings to them.  In particular, Ben  
> should be offered. Durl, you were handling thank yous for this last  
> round - including the paypal donors right?
>
> - Danielle
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net 
> > wrote:
> Hi Fundraising Committee,
> Since the Sustaining Committee and Fundraising Committee are merging  
> into a single, organized, and coordinated effort, I wanted to inform  
> everyone that I still have about 11 paintings donated by Betsem to  
> the Sustaining Committee to be used as gifts for larger donations.   
> I plan to bring them by the IMC on Tuesday and Carol A. will safely  
> store them.
> Just wanted everyone on the Fundraising Committee to know these  
> paintings were available to the Fundraising Committee as you plan  
> future fundraising events.
> Durl
>
> On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:51 AM, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
>
>> One handed, baby in lap meeting notes from today's meeting.  
>> Attendees, please correct any inaccuracies:
>>
>> NEXT MEETING
>> Mark your calendars. Our next meeting is Thursday, Feb 16 from 5 -  
>> 6:30 pm.
>>
>> EMAIL
>> If you want to email everyone on the fundraising committee, you can  
>> do so by emailing:  bod-fundraising at lists.chambana.net.
>>
>> SUSTAINERS
>> The sustainers committee has been merged with the board's  
>> fundraising committee to continue that work. Anyone who donated in  
>> response to the appeal by the sustainers committee will continue to  
>> have their contributions earmarked for the purposes promised by  
>> that committee.
>>
>> We mailed out an appeal to all the sustainers who gave last year  
>> asking to renew their contribution.
>> --> Durl - can you tell us how much has been collected in response?
>>
>> ANNUAL APPEAL
>> We made $1,830 from our annual online appeal from 18 donors. Of  
>> that $1,000 came from one donor - Ben Galewsky. The appeal went to  
>> 3155 members and contacts in our database. 20% opened. 9% bounced.  
>> 7% clicked a link. 1% unsubscribed. We need to thank these donors -  
>> I will bring thank yous to the board meeting for us to sign.
>>
>> GRANTS
>> Danielle reviewed current and past grants, and we discussed  
>> prospective grants.
>> Grant applications and reports are stored on the IMC internal wiki  
>> website here:
>> http://wiki.ucimc.org/bin/view/Finance/GrantApplications
>>
>> Current grants:
>> AmeriCorps: ~150K, 3 year grant, reapplied Nov 2011 for another 3  
>> years.
>> Illinois Arts Council: ~7K for general support received annually  
>> since 2006. App due mid April, report due Sept. Program Officer  
>> loves us and is willing to come down and meet with other  
>> foundations on site and talk about why he supports our work.
>> City of Urbana Social Service Grant for Indymedia & Arts Lab: ~5K  
>> annually. App due April 9th. Required meeting March 9th.
>> City of Urbana Public Arts Grants: handful of thousands for various  
>> projects available annually. Apps were due Jan 10th. In 2012 folks  
>> applied for $ for Children's Art Festival, Mini maker faire, and  
>> Zine fest.
>> Previous grants that we should consider applying for again:
>> Funding Exchange: Letters of Intent due in Sept
>> PACA historic preservation grant
>> Union Community Fund - not sure if this still exists
>> Community Foundation (of CU) - likes to fund equipment
>> Prospective funders:
>>
>> FEMA & disaster preparedness funders - Conrad is researching
>> Media Democracy Fund - for work impacting media policy or national  
>> infrastructure - app due in Sept but need to discuss with program  
>> officer by late Spring - Danielle is working on a pitch
>> Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity - to fund media training  
>> as workforce development and training - Carol is tracking
>> Lumpkin Family Foundation - regional foundation who we have some  
>> relationship with - Chris R is reaching out to
>> City of Urbana TIF funds - for window restoration & accessibility  
>> improvements - Danielle is sheperding and looking for a partner in  
>> this.
>> OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING
>>
>> Fee for service - media training for labor unions that could  
>> subsidize other training - Danielle will check with ILIR since they  
>> don't offer this training but used to
>> Space rentals - more campus/community conferences paid by  
>> departments - Ken is exploring
>> Donors who support our work but haven't been asked - Belden is  
>> reaching out to campus faculty in likeminded departments like ICR.
>> Exhibits
>> Regular uses like People's Potluck
>> Outreach to ethnic groups for events
>> Feature on McChesney Show - Belden is making connection
>> FUNDING NEEDS - MOST IMMEDIATE
>> We discussed but did not make a formal decision on these priorities:
>>
>> Media training curriculum
>> RFU tower fund
>> Window restoration
>> Accessibility improvements
>> Want to know priority needs of various working groups
>> EXPANDING OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
>>
>> We would like reps from each working group on our fundraising  
>> committee.  Here are prospective members and who is going to  
>> approach whom:
>>
>> Barbara Kessel - B2P - Conrad
>> Suzanne Linder - B2P and Makerspace - Danielle
>> James Kilgore - Ken
>> Geri Kirchner - Danielle already did and she said she would help  
>> with e-appeals
>> Julianne P - SDAS - Danielle
>> Maggie Taylor - Danielle
>> cheers!
>>
>> Danielle
>>
>>
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