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

Mon Jan 30 12:22:33 CST 2012

Thank you Durl.

I think everyone who donates should get acknowledgement of their donation.

We need to work out a system where people get a response in a timely
manner.

I think our committee can provide thank yous, but we need a monthly list
from the finance group of snail mail (or email if that is all we have) of
all the donors for that month.

In the meantime, if you could reach out to Ben that would be great.  If you
want us to thank the 7, we can do that at our next meeting - we just need
the info.

- Danielle

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>wrote:

> 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<http://urbanaillinois.us/posts/2010/03/consolidated-social-service-funding-applications-now-available>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 <http://fex.org/grantmaking>: 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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