[HOT] Update on HOT

[Milo van der Linden]

Thank you!

2015-10-03 1:01 GMT+02:00 Tyler Radford <tyler.radford at hotosm.org>:
> Hi, Milo,
>
> HOT recently filed its annual financial report, which you can review on our
> website: http://hotosm.org/our_board/finances
>
> Best,
> Tyler
>
> Tyler Radford
> Interim Executive Director
> email: tyler.radford at hotosm.org
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> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Milo van der Linden <milo at dogodigi.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Heather,
>>
>> Is there an online place (financial report) where we can read the details
>> on the operational costs?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Milo
>>
>> On Oct 2, 2015 21:16, "Heather Leson" <heatherleson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear HOT Community,
>>>
>>>
>>> We are writing to update you on changes and challenges that are facing
>>> the HOT community and organization.
>>>
>>>
>>> NGOs often have times when there are funds to raise and plans to change.
>>> HOT is no different. We are working to improve our financial oversight and
>>> organizational development. And, we are making some changes to our policies
>>> and practices to build a more sustainable organization. Over the past 5
>>> years, HOT has been primarily a project funded organization with no very
>>> limited unrestricted funds. This pattern and HOT’s operating costs have made
>>> it difficult to grow as quickly as we would like. We have drafted some
>>> initial plans on this front, which we hope you will help guide.
>>>
>>>
>>> Despite these challenges HOT has experienced amazing growth and an
>>> expansion of our mission, reach and importance to the global humanitarian
>>> community over the past few years through the hard work of our volunteers
>>> and staff. As we come to the end of our fiscal year in 2015 HOT has many
>>> opportunities for continued growth. We aim to provide you and the larger
>>> OpenStreetMap community with more tools and more support for the growth of
>>> local groups. In the coming weeks, we will be asking for your help to
>>> finalize and implement a fundraising plan to achieve those goals.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your ongoing support,
>>>
>>> Heather on behalf of the HOT Board of Directors
>>>
>>> Heather Leson
>>> heatherleson at gmail.com
>>> Twitter: HeatherLeson
>>> Blog: textontechs.com
>>>
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