[rfu-automation] Re: [UCIMC-Finance] update: CSI Sweat Equity
Andrew Ó Baoill
andrew at funferal.org
Tue Apr 1 00:38:45 CDT 2008
Incidentally, it's in the system since 7:15pm this evening.
Andrew
On 1 Aib 2008, at 00:28, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Understood. I share the info in the hopes that we can have
> resolution, not a mere complaint. I know we are all volunteers and
> therefore there really isn't room for complaint here.
>
> Anna, sounds like we can count on about 100 plays per week starting
> now.
>
> As for funds, our current structure is that the Community Shares
> liaison, who does the work of attending meetings, tracking points,
> coordinating volunteers, etc, gets to select a portion of funds to
> go to the group of their choice. In this case Anna chose the Bike
> Coop, of which she is a part. We advertised this position to all
> working groups and Anna was the only one who volunteered to do it.
> In the future, if an WRFU member wants to take this on, they can
> earmark funds for WRFU.
>
> Also on the topic of funds, I think it is really important for you
> Andrew, or someone intimately involved with the station, to be part
> of the IMC finance group, even if you don't attend every meeting.
> The finances of the IMC are very tight right now (many factors
> that we can explain), and a coordinated effort by all groups to
> assist in the process of keeping us afloat (including Community
> Shares money) will be necessary for our collective survival. This
> person can then report on overall IMC finances to WRFU so that the
> group sees itself in the context of the larger whole, something we
> have struggled with to date.
>
> take care,
>
> - Danielle
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill
> <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:
> As you'll appreciate, this happens when there's so much turnover in
> volunteers responsible for different items - various tasks-in-hand
> fall between stools, or don't get handed over properly. However, it's
> something we're working on.
>
> We're in the process of re-invigorating our automation group, which
> takes care of PSAs among other issues. I don't think we'd be happy
> with PSAs automatically entering the system through an email address
> - the potential for serious regulatory problems is too large - but we
> are trying to simplify the system.
>
> I wasn't aware Josh was on IMC staff - there might be some areas
> where he could be very helpful to WRFU. What sort of areas is he
> competent in, and what's the process for adding a task to his
> workload?
>
> Regarding tracking usage - this isn't possible to do accurately. What
> I'm going to do is add the PSA to our automation, on a reasonably
> heavy rotation. The automation runs continually, even when live
> programs (rather than automation) is going out on air. Therefore, the
> automation system can't provide an accurate count of how many plays
> reach our listeners. However, we currently have 53 hours where we
> don't have scheduled live programming, and a further 36 where we
> feature webfeeds and multi-lingual morningtime news podcasts. Thus,
> we could reasonably guarantee around 90 plays (at one per hour) each
> week, as well as plays when people fail to show for their shows. That
> would change as scheduled shows change, but is a good guide. My
> estimate would probably be closer to 100/week. [That depends on
> fitting the PSA after the legal ID or during other scheduled breaks
> in webfeed content.]
>
> Finally, you mentioned the fact that the on-air mentions translate to
> points, and ultimately cash, for the IMC. Might it be possible for
> some of this revenue to be earmarked for/assigned to WRFU? Obviously,
> we're happy to help the broader project, but as a group operating on
> a very tight budget, and in the midst of a significant (relative to
> budget) fund-drive, any revenue we can generate is significant. The
> community shares model is somewhat complex, but I think it should be
> possible to generate a formula to split the added revenue generated
> by WRFU participation between WRFU and the IMC general fund. (What
> the split should be, of course, would be a matter for discussion and
> negotiation.)
>
> Andrew
>
> On 31 Márta 2008, at 10:18, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> > Thank you for attending to this.
> >
> > For reasons I don't understand, it has taken over a year of
> > correspondence to get a Community Shares PSA on WRFU. This should
> > give us pause about our process.
> >
> > I would like us to regularly drop PSAs into the system for all
> > kinds of events - is there any easy way to do this? I have emailed
> > several RFUers about PSA process with no response.
> >
> > If not, shouldn't there be? We have a paid programmer - Josh King
> > - on staff. What would be best is if sending a PSA to an e-mail
> > address automatically puts it in the system.
> >
> > Attached is the CS PSA - it needs to run often - and we need to
> > track approximately how often it runs per day. We get points for
> > each run and each point means money. The other PSA was for a past
> > event.
> >
> > - Danielle
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Andrew Ó Baoill
> > <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:
> > I haven't seen the PSAs and don't think they're in the system at the
> > moment. If you resend I'll make sure they get processed.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 31 Márta 2008, at 00:56, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> > > Gary and Andrew,
> > >
> > > Did the Share a meal and Community Shares PSAs we mdae and sent
> > > make it into automation. This is worth hundreds of dollars per
> > > year for the IMC and can not delay. Please let us know.
> > >
> > > Danielle
> > >
> > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Anna Hochhalter
> > > <hochhaltera at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello Finance group!
> > >
> > > I am sorry I have been so absent from the thurs. meetings. sigh.
> > > Here's a Community Shares Update:
> > >
> > > The Share a Meal event on March 11th was VERY successful!
> Thank you
> > > to Jacob Barton, Michael Pennington, Esther Pratt, andSuzanne
> Linder
> > > for being able to help staff the meals at Cafe Luna during
> lunch and
> > > dinner. Also, thanks to Davita Bernard and Maria Silva for
> > trying to
> > > help, but found logistical problems prevent them. Cafe Luna was
> > > delighted to participate. We will earn 30 points for our work on
> > this
> > > event.
> > >
> > > CS had a couple questions regarding the 2007 IMC points, and these
> > > have all been resolved. For 2007, the IMC will receive 67 points
> > and
> > > 2 shares. That's 2 times as many sweat equity shares from last
> > year.
> > > :) I am attaching the final report forms which show the 1st
> and 2nd
> > > quarter on one sheet and the 3rd and 4th on the other. These have
> > been
> > > documented by Community Shares.
> > >
> > > regarding the Website and radio announcements, the link to CS is
> > > posted-- hoooray! This brings in 1 point per quarter, the
> longer it
> > > can stay posted, the better. I'm following up on the radio PSA.
> > Has
> > > anyone heard one? Regardless, our work with the Share a Meal event
> > > this quarter brought in many points. If we can get the PSA on the
> > > rotation cycle next quarter (or event this year), we'll bring in
> > many
> > > points. It's ok w/o it, for now.
> > >
> > > Here is a report for IMC points from Jan-Mar 08. If you see
> > anything
> > > that should be changed, please let me know.
> > >
> > > Thank you!!
> > > Anna
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Anna Hochhalter <hochhaltera at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:34 PM
> > > Subject: one more thing: CSI Sweat Equity
> > > To: Mike Doyle <mdoyle at cs-il.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Mike,
> > >
> > > Also, we received a letter stating that the IMC received 0
> > points for
> > > 2007. I hope this was because there were pending points and
> > > questions
> > > regarding our report. Based on the revised reports, we should
> > have a
> > > total of 58 points for the whole year.
> > >
> > > Thanks again!
> > >
> > > Anna Hochhalter
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Anna Hochhalter <hochhaltera at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:18 PM
> > > Subject: Re: CSI Sweat Equity
> > > To: Mike Doyle <mdoyle at cs-il.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Mike,
> > >
> > > We're on the same page. I remembered March 31st as being the
> > > deadline. This was in my schedule to take care of today. THank
> > you
> > > for the reminder.
> > >
> > > Here are 2 revised spreadsheets for all four quarters from
> 2007 for
> > > the UC-IMC. I followed up with the following questions:
> > > 1- did the IMC sponsor or renew/recruit a restaurant for SAM?
> > > 2- Did the Public I feature articles about CS or just logos?
> > >
> > > I made changes to the spreadsheet based on what I discovered.
> > > Info is below:
> > > 1- The IMC worked with CUTU and PACE to sponsor Milo's. Esther
> > Pratt
> > > has informed me that the IMC, CUTU, and PACE all received 10
> points
> > > for their combined work sponsoring Milo's. Her description of
> > the IMC
> > > involvement is below.
> > >
> > > 2- The Public I monthly newspaper shows the CS logo on every
> > > newspaper. I gave us 3 points for each quarter for the 1st and
> 2nd
> > > quarters, and 2 points per quarter (because a couple months were
> > > combined). I have copies of the newspaper here, if you need
> to see
> > > them.
> > >
> > > So that I can be more on top of this in the future, where could I
> > > find
> > > a list of the due dates for the quarterly reports? Is the Jan-
> > March
> > > report due by April 1st too? If so, I'll work on getting that
> > > together.
> > >
> > > Thank you again for being patient. Feel free to contact me if
> > there
> > > are other questions.
> > >
> > > Anna Hochhalter
> > > 217-531-8219
> > >
> > > From Esther Pratt:
> > > Last year I recruited Milo's. I think IMC delivered materials to
> > > them
> > > (table top signs and posters) although Paula from PACE might have
> > > done
> > > that. Last year, IMC contacted Milo's right before the event to
> > see
> > > if they had any questions and to let them know we'd be sending
> > > "hosts"
> > > to work the door. Then that got a bit confusion because of
> use of
> > > the
> > > word "host." The manager at Milo's told Wendy that Milo's
> has its
> > > own hosts so Wendy thought we weren't supposed to staff it.
> One we
> > > got that clarified, Mike Lehman and someone else (I forget who it
> > > was)
> > > from IMC worked the door in 2 consecutive 2 hour shifts along
> > with me
> > > from Tenant Union for the 5 - 7 shift and Paula Vanier from PACE
> > for
> > > the 7-9 shift. I picked up the materials to deliver to Milo's
> and
> > > then Paula from PACE took them home. UCIMC, CUTU and PACE each
> > > got 10
> > > points for our collective effort.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Mike Doyle <mdoyle at cs-il.org>
> > wrote:
> > > > Anna,
> > > >
> > > > Just a quick reminder - we need to update your sweat equity
> > > points before
> > > > April 1. Although I forgot some of the specifics we discussed,
> > > If you would
> > > > like to go over again, let me know I would be glad to talk.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Share A Meal - Tuesday, March 11th
> > > > For more information and a list of participating restaurants
> > > > www.share-a-meal.org
> > > >
> > > > Mike Doyle
> > > > Executive Director
> > > > Community Shares of Illinois
> > > > www.CommunitySharesIllinois.org
> > > > 44 East Main, Suite 208
> > > > Champaign, IL 61820
> > > > Phone (217) 352-6533
> > > > FAX (217) 352-9745
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > IMC-Fundraising mailing list
> > > IMC-Fundraising at lists.ucimc.org
> > > http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/imc-fundraising
> > >
> > >
> >
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