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Good point, Jon. Indiana folks, if you have a desired deadline, let me know. Otherwise, I'll just wait until contributions trickle and then close it up. Update: we're up to $1215... woot! Kevin On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Jon Gorman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I suspect we might be pushing it to get to$ 1,500. I'd suggest that > you might want to put some sort of earlier deadline on it if you can > to make the money transfer work smoother. The Indiana folks might be > able to pipe in with a reasonable deadline as far as time goes. > > Jon Gorman > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Kevin S. Clarke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Oh, and we've had three more people contribute since my emails, so >> I'll take that as a vote to push it up to $1500 (which I won't get to >> until later today). As with anything in Code4Lib, it's an optional >> involvement... no obligation to participate. Different people may >> also participate for their own reasons... >> >> Kevin >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> I'm honestly not sure why we are fund-driving this from individuals, when >>> the conference is, according to it's organizers, already sufficiently >>> funded. So, no, I see no reason to up the goal. >>> >>> On 1/13/2011 10:25 AM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: >>>> >>>> Great job Code4Lib! >>>> >>>> You've collectively contributed $960 towards the sponsorship of our >>>> 2011 conference! The goal was arbitrarily set at $1000, so we're only >>>> $40 short of that...<salesmans_voice>Anyway want to pitch in those >>>> final dollars? 5, 10, 20?</salesmans_voice> >>>> >>>> Also, curious as to whether folks think we should up the goal or stay >>>> with $1000. I'm thinking we could take the answer from whether anyone >>>> pitches in after we've reached the $1000 point. If someone >>>> contributes something over $1000, we can take that as a vote to bump >>>> up the goal a bit ($500). Otherwise, given a little time for people >>>> to think about it, I'll just go ahead and send these funds into >>>> Indiana as "The Code4Lib Community" sponsorship. >>>> >>>> On a personal note, I think this level of participation is really >>>> cool. Thanks to Dan for the idea to have a community sponsorship! >>>> It's been fun to pitch in and see others do the same... >>>> >>>> Kevin >>> >> >