Re: [sudo-discuss] Dealing with funding

FYI, for inspiration, and I concur we should draft something similar we can consense on: FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE BAY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL PASSED : November 14, 2013 *The Bay Area Public School is a free school.* *All of its classes and events are always free of charge and free of monetary solicitation.* *Our space at 2141 Broadway is paid for by community members who have pledged $20 a month for six months to make the School’s monthly expenses of $1000.* *We also welcome donations in any amount from individuals, with the understanding that such donations are with no strings attached.* *The Bay Area Public School is not a nonprofit and does not apply for grants. Its members may autonomously pursue grants according to their judgment. As with other kinds of donations, such funds must be offered with no strings attached.* *Financial contributions are not and will never be a requirement for participation in the school's classes, events or in its administrative process.* *We are committed to total financial transparency. We will send a quarterly report on our income and expenses to our announcement list.* *We hope to make our space at 2141 Broadway available to other community organizations for their events and projects. In order to use the space, such organizations must consent to our terms of use : that any events held in the space or in the name of the Bay Area Public School are free of charge and free of monetary solicitation.* *The Public School is structured as a commons. We want what everyone needs to be free.* *Organizations wishing to make items available for sale are asked to be conscious of these core principles of the Public School. If such organizations have questions about the appropriateness of certain items for sale, they are encouraged to discuss their questions with their bottomliner.* *The Bay Area Public School is an anti-capitalist school. Our politics are radical and contestatory. We acknowledge the necessary evil of the use of money but are committed to a continuous reexamination of the ways in which we use it. Among other inspirations we collectively recall the money-free space created at Oscar Grant Plaza during Occupy Oakland, and aspire to create such spaces in the future, and to build the new world in the shell of the old. * --------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com