[Committee] about charge

[Nicky Scordellis]

Could we possibly make the meeting a bit earlier say 5.30?  I imagine this
would suit those who have to be at work til 5 though please correct me if
I'm wrong!  And I'd say clowns is fine as long as the owners don't mind us
taking over slightly... probably ok at that time though.

Nicky

-----Original Message-----
From: committee-bounces at zerocarbonnow.org
[mailto:committee-bounces at zerocarbonnow.org] On Behalf Of Steve Stretton
Sent: 22 October 2006 14:15
To: committee at zerocarbonnow.org
Subject: Re: [Committee] about charge


Dear All,
Thanks for your messages! I agree that we need a source of funding to  
cover basic expenses. I suggest we ask everyone for a donation, with  
£5 being the required amount to be a member of our society.

Perhaps we can have a committee meeting at 6pm on Monday, at Clown's  
Cafe (unless there are better venue ideas)?

>> I agree that we need some way of getting money from people and 
>> charging for talks is a good way of doing so, but I don't think we 
>> can charge for this thursday given that the posters have gone up 
>> without a price on - it's not really fair to expect people to pay 
>> without warning them.
>
> I'd agree with that, unless we make an alteration to the posters which 
> we'd have to do now (why i'm writing this here rather than saving for 
> monday)....but i'd say it's prudent to keep this talk free.


There is space in the venue to have a membership table (we could also  
sell books - I have some spare copies of James Lovelock's book - and  
have a mailing list signup sheet). I think we should have such a  
table, so people can make donations 'towards running costs' if they  
are willing (you might find that people are more generous than we  
expect!). If their donation is £5, that would give them the right to  
be a member of our society.

I think we should stick with the agreed details of the talks and so  
the current posters remain the same. However, it's possible that we  
will have a couple of introductory talks 7:15-7:45 (a bit like 'warm  
up' acts!!), followed by a break before the main event. We are  
collaborating with a town-based group (Cambridge Atmospheric Carbon  
Action Group) who will hold meetings monthly, and so it might be nice  
to introduce the society and the Action Group to those who might be  
interested. I shall provide details on Monday if this is agreed, but  
it does not effect our advertising or our email message. Please do  
forward the details of our talk to other societies, departments and  
college email lists.

If we can find a venue for a film night we could show the 2 David  
Attenborough DVDs we could certainly charge then.

Happy to discuss this further on Monday. How about 6pm? Clowns cafe  
seemed quite a good venue for an open meeting, since it is quite  
central, although I'm open to alternative suggestions.

Please send any agenda items and I shall compose a second email later today,

Thanks,
Steve



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