[Cynnabar] How much more can we give?

[Aaron Elkiss]

If this is the stated intention of Kingdom, then it's almost certain
that's where we'd give in a month's time anyway, so I don't see any
problem with giving $1200 to Kingdom on Saturday. It would still be
nice for us to see something official from Kingdom laying out in
detail how they intend to respond, but your personal assurance is
enough for me for the moment.

-a

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Charles J. Cohen <charles at eecs.umich.edu> wrote:
>
>>Also, I agree that hard numbers aren't needed right now, but before
>>Saturday I would like at least some kind of ball-park estimate of how
>>much we could reasonably expect to give to other groups in the coming
>>months. Basically, if giving $1200 on Saturday means we can only give
>>$20 to other groups, we might want to rethink the $1200 amount.
>
> I think this is the wrong approach. I highly recommend giving to the
> Kingdom and let them sort it out. No one there wants to destroy group
> finances, and once the group money starts coming in they'll be able to,
> from a single spreadsheet, figure out how to cover other groups from
> extra donations, build up the Kingdom funds back to operating amounts,
> send extra to the Society level, etc.
>
> Us worrying about individual groups seems to me to be a logistical
> nightmare. I'd rather let the Kingdom Exchequer do her job.
>
> I guess what I'm saying is that giving $1,200 to Kingdom is equivalent
> to giving to other groups.
>
> - Midair