<div dir="auto">Just to clarify they will not be getting a percentage of the membership fees?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If someone wishes to donate before this arrangement has been finalised then the whole of their donation would go to OSM?<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks John</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 15:25 John Whelan <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000">But using a professional fund raiser may
turn some people off.<br>
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<span>Mikel Maron wrote on 3/16/2023 2:17 PM:</span><br>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">For 2023, the
OSMF Board has decided to target a balanced budget. Given our expected
income and expenses, there is a gap of approximately 500K GBP that we
need to fundraise for.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-02-09#On_2023_budget" style="background-color:transparent" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2023-02-09#On_2023_budget</a></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">In the fall, we started planning for this by
taking part in a workshop on fundraising strategy and operations <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2022-10#Fundraising_workshops" style="background-color:transparent" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">Board/Minutes/2022-10
- OpenStreetMap Foundation</a>.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">What has been
clear is that we need a diversified campaign engaging wide community for
small amounts, and target larger asks to businesses and major giving
from individuals. This needs to be organized and executed effectively –
there is a lot of communication, outreach, development of new mechanisms
for giving, etc.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">We are considering contracting
an experience consultant who is already engaged in OpenStreetMap
community to assist us in this process. The usual set up for such is a
small percentage fee of what’s raised. They would work closely with the
Board and fundraising committee, as well as share details of process
publicly in regular diary entries. All of this is designed in mind to
make the fundraising campaign reflect how we work as a community. We
think this is low risk, high reward, and that dedicated attention to
fundraising is necessary to make it successful.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">We’ll
need everyone’s help as well – from getting the word out, creatively
engaging potential donors, to making asks, to of course kicking in a bit
of money too.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Please share viewpoints here, or if
you prefer directly with <a href="mailto:board@osmfoundation.org" style="background-color:transparent" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">board@osmfoundation.org</a>. We
will receive your input over the next week until March 22.</p></div>-Mikel</div><div><br></div><div>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel
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