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Getting a budget line for PH #878

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drjwbaker opened this issue May 31, 2018 · 21 comments
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Getting a budget line for PH #878

drjwbaker opened this issue May 31, 2018 · 21 comments
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@drjwbaker
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We need a budget line somewhere so that we can manage money we received (eg, from individual sponsors via Patreon or other mechanisms we might look into per #724).

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This is coming along. Hoping to update mid-August.

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Belated update: I have a meeting next week (TBC) to discuss implementation.

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No update since team email 22 October.

@acrymble
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If it will help things along if I show up wearing a suit, let me know. We can plan a day.

@drjwbaker
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Thanks Adam. We now have an added complication in that the librarian I've been working with on this (who has been working super hard on our behalf!) is leaving and I need to establish who'll she'll be handing this over to to keep pressing. More soon.

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Do we need to start exploring other options?

@drjwbaker
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Maybe..

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acrymble commented Feb 1, 2019

Ok. I'll start asking around. I feel like conceptually this is going to make the most sense to American universities and their already existing channels for receiving and processing donations. That's not quite as embedded in British culture. Are any of our American-based team members thinking this might be something your institution could provide (infrastructure) for us?

@drjwbaker
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:cough: Scholar's Lab :cough: 😄

@acrymble
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The Digital Pedagogy Lab in the US operates on donations only. Does anyone know any of them and can find out who manages their donations? Is it a university? http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/support/

@drjwbaker
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Looks like they have a setup exactly like the one I was exploring: running donations through a university alumni office as alumni offices are the parts of universities best setup to handle the logistics and legalities of donations.

@acrymble
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Thanks for checking @drjwbaker. This is really an area that Americans are better at. But I wonder if the IHR or some other DH centre in the UK would be willing to "host" our relationship with an alumni office at their university? Should I ask around?

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It doesn't have to be in the UK (though depending on how things pan out, it could still be where I am). And perhaps - looping into discussions of getting institutional credit for our work - we should start with our own institutions?

@mdlincoln
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I'll ping folks at my institution and see if there's a way to do this.

@acrymble
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acrymble commented Mar 6, 2019

I spoke to a colleague who used a crowdfunding site for a project, and she reports that the money went directly into her bank account and was used to pay for things directly.

@drjwbaker
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Okay, but there are tax and money laundering implications of doing this. If this person is UK-based, I hope they are doing the relevant paperwork..

@acrymble
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Maybe it's time we look into setting up as a charity to avoid the tax problems? https://www.gov.uk/setting-up-charity

@drjwbaker
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I was thinking the same recently. I'm willing to go through the eligibility check process and report back.

@acrymble
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As we're exploring a charity option instead, should we close this avenue, which is university-focused?

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Agreed.

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Closed as superseded by #1301

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