[sudo-discuss] [omni-consensus] ~ -two urgent proposals for tomorrow's meeting ~

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey omninoms,
>
> I've gotten backlogged on work this past week and apologize for the
> urgency of this email. Tonight or tomorrow I'll be sending along two
> proposals that require relatively rapid response.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm still waiting back on final feedback from Jesse (our
> lawyer) and a written proposal from The Village, but I wanted to send
> something out tonight so that it's on folks' radar:
>
> 1) Fiscally sponsoring (grant model) a crowdfunding campaign that Daniel
> launched on October 7th to raise funds for a school in Guatemala that was
> devastated by a tropical storm: https://www.youcaring.com/
> escuelaoficialbarriochajsaquil-974517
> ** Deadline to attach a bank account is October 22nd, but we may be able
> to retroactively reroute funds sent to a personal bank account.*
>
> 2) Fiscally sponsoring (project model, possible application for Omni
> membership) The Village, which has successfully pressured the City of
> Oakland to declare a Shelter Crisis Ordinance and agree to hand over some
> city-owned land parcels for them to build viable villages for the homeless
> and provide wraparound support services.
> ** Deadline to provide proof of fiscal sponsorship and associated General
> Liability insurance is October 24th.*
>
> There are of course more detailed aspects to each of these proposals, but
> they remain pending for the time being - our shared deadline is tomorrow
> before the Delegate's Meeting. In terms of expediting these important
> projects, we could figure out a way to do this fairly that might include 1)
> provisional fiscal sponsorship (eg, 1-3 months), 2) abstentions from
> collectives that have consensus processes but would likely not object, and
> 3) utilizing old-omni's 501c3 to sponsor The Village, which has the same
> board as omni but no assets that could be put into jeopardy.
>
> I will post each proposal as a separate post to this list (I've cc'd sudo
> and all are encouraged to forward to their collectives) sometime over the
> next 24 hours.
>
> <3
> Jenny
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