I thought this went to the list, but I see it only went to Shari. ======forwarded message=========== Waaaay back, we had CCs collecting to buy materials such as microfilm. The CCs vanished and so did the money. If we are going to go on a fund raising binge, we need to have a trust fund set up where the CCs do not get the money directly - and a financial officer to dole out the money -- and an auditor to make sure the financial officer does his/her job. Both should be bonded as well. --- Shari Handley <shari@tyaskin.com> wrote: > The Bylaws Revision Committee's proposed amended > section about > solicitation of funds will, if passed, take care of > this question that > has been raised about soliciting donations to pay > for server space (or > anything else). Here's how the revised version > goes: <snip> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

I don't think we want to go anywhere near this. Too much trouble. I would rather have volunteers transcribe the microfiche, maybe a page at a time. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joy Fisher [mailto:sdgenweb@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:32 PM > To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STATE-COORD] Soliciting Funds > > > I thought this went to the list, but I see it only > went to Shari. > > ======forwarded message=========== > > Waaaay back, we had CCs collecting to buy materials > such as microfilm. > > The CCs vanished and so did the money. > > If we are going to go on a fund raising binge, we need > to have a trust fund set up where the CCs do not get > the money directly - and a financial officer to dole > out the money -- and an auditor to make sure the > financial officer does his/her job. Both should be > bonded as well. > > --- Shari Handley <shari@tyaskin.com> wrote: > > The Bylaws Revision Committee's proposed amended > > section about > > solicitation of funds will, if passed, take care of > > this question that > > has been raised about soliciting donations to pay > > for server space (or > > anything else). Here's how the revised version > > goes: > > <snip> > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003