[Imc-uk-network] server fundraising report and 2 proposals for the network account

[andi]

hi all,

it's a year now since we started our server fundraising
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-process/2004-October/1018- 
3a.html
and back then one of the idea was that as kollectives we'd
try to fundraise for a year, so here's where we're at:

we've done extremely well i'd say, we fundraised in total
7260.73 of which
2139.56 have been spent on traven and the hosting costs
4601.17 are in cash in the UK Network account, and
  520.00 donations are committed but not yet received
the full lowdown is on
http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkDatabaseServerBreakdown

anyway here two proposals for the network account running:

1) any incoming money that is not specifically declared to
    be for the server fund should go to cover the remaining
    g8 debt (currently 479.60), and after that is covered
    it should go to general purposes. this excludes the 100 £
    of current monthly standing orders that are declared for
    the server fund.

2) let's create a savings account in which all monthly money is
    transferred to and publish the details of that account online
    rather than our cheque account details as we're doing at the
    moment. this has been suggested by our bank triodos as they
    receive regular fraudulous attempts to set up direct debits
    on our account. this is down to the fact that we publish
    the details of our account online. we would be able to receive
    direct debits on that savings account and can publish the
    details safely without the danger of someone trying to rip us
    off. there's consensus between the five signatories to do this
    and all five current signatories will have access.

both these proposals are deadlined to sunday 25 december.

cheers andi