[Tastebridge] tastebridge donations

[algoldor at frantisekapfelbeck.org]

Quoting cynthia lee <cynthia.jeanne.lee at gmail.com>:

> Hey, if it is not ok to reimburse someone for cash expenditures (especially
> if they are also bringing food donations already) then you are going to find
> that the offerings of tastebridge are going to be much more limited
> however, I think we all would benefit from more advance notice about what is
> going to be cooked up, I struggle w the knowledge that food donations and
> personal energy are not always predictable for everyone who likes cooking at
> Noisebridge
> put this info into the stewpot
>
> my point in wanting to put yesterdays kitchen cash donations into the main
> locked Noisebridge collection is that there wasn't a coking project
> yesterday (to the best of my knowledge) and the donation jar for Noisebridge
> in the kitchen should have been where the tastebridge jar was (prominantly
> displayed)    and that all along general donations should have been sent
> into the general collection   but haven't been (to the best of my knowledge)
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:54 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> +1 ; if anything should decide funds' allocation, it
>> should be the people who donate the funds.
>>    when i put money in the jar in the cooking area,
>> i mean it to be used for general support for cooking
>> and NOT for reimbursement of someone's expenditures.
>>    i like the idea that some of the money in the
>> jar in the cooking area goes to the general NB
>> coffer (orange locked box).
>>    anyone taking money should be loud and clear in
>> advance of doing so and should do so only by getting
>> money directly from persons (e.g. miloh's recent
>> solicitation of funds for shelving).
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 01:19 -0700, cynthia lee wrote:
>> > Hi
>> > Yesterday, Warren and I cooked. We decided to split the donations $7
>> > to the main Noisebridge lock box and $9 to be held by Warren for
>> > projects. we felt two people (minimum) should be involved in both
>> > removing funds from the tastebridge donation jar and determining their
>> > purpose .
>> > Tonight, as best I know, there wasn't a project. There were several
>> > dollars in the donation jar. I discussed with someone who I have
>> > cooked w before that the money could go into the main noisebridge lock
>> > box but when I later went to do this, a third person, who I have never
>> > cooked with before, objected and stated that he had worked hard for
>> > the right to refuse to let that money go there and he should be
>> > allowed to determine the purpose of the funds in that jar. He claims
>> > to have been removing the funds all along and has been keeping an
>> > accounting. I would like the group to meet with timely notice (the
>> > five minutes notice given for a prior meeting isn't right) and review
>> > this decision about the accounting. This was not a pleasant situation.
>> > I, like others, bring food donations here and spend time
>> > cleaning/prepping/cooking and I do not believe any funds collected
>> > belong to me and I would like, until we decide on a process, that at
>> > least some of the funds go to Noisebridge lock box daily.
>> > Cynthia
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>>
>

If I could advice put the clearly labelled Tastebridge donation bin at  
some location and keep it there all the time except some short periods  
of time when the place is being used for another purposes if you can  
not avoid it. Trust me, having one location for the donation bin helps  
to get more funds for Tastebridge because who wants to give money to  
us directly will do so and it is a nice and easy/convenient way.

Sincerely,

Frantisek