[SSC] Financial support

[Sandie Stratford]

Hi all

In the same way that we aren't (at this time) chasing up people to make sure 
they pay up when they become members, we probably wouldn't question someone 
who chooses to pay £100 or even £1000 per month, if they so chose, would we?

We don't examine this information and think 'OK we should pay more attention 
to the opinion of X, just because they pay more than Y'.....do we?  Am I 
being naive here?

Sandie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "roland pascoe" <rpascoe at phonecoop.coop>
To: <ssc at lists.aktivix.org>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 2:19 PM
Subject: [SSC] Financial support


> 1.Offers of financial support
>
> I must admit that I share some of Sarah's concerns. Is there a way of
> creating a new way of doing things without finding ourselves hamstrung
> by financial constraints? How can we harness the support and enthusiasm
> that the open day has created without feeling that the core aims of the
> enterprise have been weakened.
>
> A response to  this might be for there to be a separate entity of a
> charity whose sole purpose is to benefit the SSC. It would allow people
> who want to provide financial support to do so without the SSC being
> totally dependant any one source of finance.Of course there are many
> concerns about the whole idea of "charity" , how can a critical
> enterprise continue to develop innovative new organisational structures(
> or should that be manifestations?) when it gets some of its funding from
> something that stems from one of the oldest and most traditional legal
> structures that this country has?
>
> On the other hand is there a way of making the SSC financially secure in
> the long run, not so that it becomes a money making enterprise but so
> that it can at least offer to pay the cost of services, e.g. graphic
> design etc.
>
> I don't pretend there are easy answers but at least we have to think
> about them.
>
> Roland
>


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