#37

Probably not easy to organise but the fantasy football/predictor stuff (and other sports/fantasy cycling stuf) could be organised so people pay half as prize and half to fund this, kind of thing.

Should have thought about this before the world cup

#39

the fund received 8 donations & made 1 grant, which wasn’t to a committee member. it is neither running low or in surplus.

:love_you_gesture:

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#40

the fund received 6 donations & made 1 grant, which wasn’t to a committee member. it is neither running low or in surplus.

:elf:

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#41

the fund received 10 donations & made 2 grants, neither of which were to a committee member. it is neither running low or in surplus.

:+1:

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#42

@anon82218317 had an idea in another thread that maybe a good place for funds to go should there be a surplus would be towards the running costs of the DiS forums. Here is the full post:

As per the terms of the fund charter (charter? guide? statement?), the charitable cause(s) where any fund surplus will go are to be determined by a poll of contributors:

The issue here is that there is no easy way to know exactly who has been a contributor, so I am going to create an anonymous poll and hope that in the spirit of trust of the fund that only relevant people vote. Of course, contributors may be different at the time of any potential surplus so we may need to repeat this if a period of time has elapsed.

Anyway, the poll: as a contributor to the DiS Hardship Fund, would you be comfortable for a surplus (as defined above) to be donated to the running costs of the DiS forums?

  • Yes
  • No

0 voters

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#44

It’s a nice idea, but personally if there was any surplus I’d like it to go to Shelter or similar.

Regards funding DiS, we’ll just have to make sure more people realise how much it costs to run and make donations separately. I honestly didn’t know about Patreon. I went to set it up at lunch and it said there was a VAT payment on top which won’t go to sean, so I stopped to see if there were any other ways to donate. But if that’s the only way I’ll set it up tomorrow.

#45

thought this was a nice and fair idea myself. although as you’ve both said the fund shows no sign of getting into surplus. edit - mean this in a positive way, glad it’s getting used.

the other option would be to have a regular patreon sub to dis from the fund account, if people were ok with that.

my heads a bit battered today so I’m not gonna hunt through my dms for who has contributed, sorry. but @DisRainyDay should cover it.

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#47

for me [and no doubt others] i’ve been meaning to for ages so glad to have finally been nudged into it :blush:

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#48

the fund received 7 donations & made 3 grants, none of which were to a committee member. it is neither running low* or in surplus.

* it is very close to running low status - this was kind of a heavy month, so if any of you have a few quid going spare it’d be nice to get the balance back looking a bit healthier.

we’re closing in on a thousand pounds worth of grants now which is kind of mad to think about, thanks a lot to everyone who’s donated.

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#49

It’s been about six months since my last contribution - how do I donate again?

#51

I will already have them if it is the same as last time.

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#57

Does @DisRainyDay still summon people?

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#58

It just summoned me!

#59

Ahoy-hoy?

#60

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#61

Hello there :wave:

#62

Anyone summon, see a few posts above :arrow_heading_up: we are looking for a new committee member as dots is stepping down.

#63

Followed the DD and chucked a tenner in as I haven’t contributed for ages

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#64

If no one else wants to do it, I’m happy to come back.

I was just feeling a bit low (lots of crap going on at the time) and thought I wasn’t a recognisable DiSer.

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#65

We need to think of specific ways to raise money beyond the odd drive and regular contributors.

It’s such a great idea. Helped me out of a hole recently. Mad how stressful cash flow problems or a big unexpected bill can be.

Purely to encourage other DiSers who might be in the same boat i’d like to say it was handled really quickly, sensitively and wasn’t invasive in any way, so if anyone’s struggling to make ends meet don’t be worried about asking.

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