<div dir="ltr">Hi, Milo,<div><br></div><div>HOT recently filed its annual financial report, which you can review on our website: <a href="http://hotosm.org/our_board/finances">http://hotosm.org/our_board/finances</a></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Tyler</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666"><b>Tyler Radford</b></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Interim Executive Director</font></div><div><font color="#666666">email: <a href="mailto:tyler.radford@hotosm.org" target="_blank">tyler.radford@hotosm.org</a></font></div><div><font color="#666666">U.S. mobile: +1 617.285.2009</font></div><div><br></div><div><b><font color="#cc0000">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team </font></b></div><div><b><font size="1" color="#666666">Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development</font></b></div><div><font size="1"><a href="http://hotosm.org/" target="_blank">web</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hotosm" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hotosm" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://hotosm.org/donate" target="_blank">donate</a></font></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Milo van der Linden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:milo@dogodigi.net" target="_blank">milo@dogodigi.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Hello Heather,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Is there an online place (financial report) where we can read the details on the operational costs?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kind regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Milo</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Oct 2, 2015 21:16, "Heather Leson" <<a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear HOT Community, <br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We are writing to update you on changes and challenges that are facing the HOT community and organization.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">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 </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:line-through;vertical-align:baseline">no</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
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. </span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">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. </span></font></p><font size="2"> <br></font></div><font size="2">Thanks again for your ongoing support, <br><br></font></div><font size="2">Heather on behalf of the HOT Board of Directors<br></font><div><div><font size="2"><br clear="all"></font><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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