[rfu-automation] Re: [UCIMC-Finance] update: CSI Sweat Equity
Anna Hochhalter
hochhaltera at gmail.com
Tue Apr 1 14:35:05 CDT 2008
Also, if there really are 90 plays per week, the IMC will, in one
quarter, receive more than twice the number of points necessary to
receive the highest number of shares in CS (4 shares) in one year. I
do not advocate for less involvement with the CS organization as they
are benefiting many orgs and appreciate the member involvement, but
this is a safety net which ensures that so long as the points are
reported, the IMC will benefit with little Liaison involvement.
Anna
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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