Re: AbiWord finances

Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> It's been a while since I updated everyone on the
> AbiFund's status.
>
> Donations have been down markedly recently. We're
> lucky to get $10-20 per month, which we're certainly
> very appreciative for. Currently, we have about $1720
> USD in our money-market account, presently earning
> about 4.5% interest.
>
> Some upcoming expected expenses:
>
> 1) Taxes. I'll be withdrawing a small amount to pay
> for the US taxes on the fund's interest. This will
> probably be in the neighborhood of $10-20.
> 2) Hard disk space. BlueAnt's disk is pretty full, and
> Marc expects that it will be out of space in about 2
> months. Marc suggests that I budget $200 USD for 2
> smaller HDs to mirror each other.
> 3) FOSDEM. I understand that Tomas, Rob, and possibly
> Marc might go to the FOSDEM conference this year. If
> there's need and an overall consensus that we should
> budget some money for this, I'm happy to do so.
>
> If you have questions or comments, please don't
> hesitate to reply to the list.

Dom,

Is AbiSource doing ok money-wise with the recent decrease in donations?
  I ask because I may be able to bring a bit more attention to the
donation options via Portable AbiWord as well as the upcoming AbiWord
for U3 release.

Regards,
John
Received on Fri Feb 17 18:25:05 2006