[Chicago] [ANN] ChiPy receives sponsorship
Brian Herman
bherma3 at uic.edu
Fri Sep 23 00:46:22 CEST 2011
Instead of Purchasing A/V equipment wouldn't it be easier just to pay carl
to do it?
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Massimo Di Pierro <
massimo.dipierro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Congratulations Brian!
>
> On Sep 21, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Brian Ray wrote:
>
> Good news, a sponsor has given us a larger than normal donation to help
> cover ChiPy expenses for the next 6 months.
>
> I filed with the state of illinois and the irs as non-profit so we could
> open a bank account. If you ever want to see a statement, let me know.
>
> The sponsor does not want their name on the internet for giving the
> donation so I will tell you in person who it was if you ask me. They did not
> do it for and do not want publicity because they just want to support the
> good things we do. I think they were particularly interested in things like
> our educational and mentoring programs as well as our traditional monthly
> meetings.
>
> How will we spend? I would like to see business as usual and help cover the
> gap with things fall apart like if a host can not provide food. Of course,
> we want to be frugal because these resources by no means are limitless nor
> do they cover all of our needs for the next year. Nonetheless, this is a
> step in the right direction for ChiPy and I think as others see the good
> things we do, they too will be interested in supporting ChiPy.
>
> --
>
> Brian Ray
>
>
>
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:53 PM
> Subject: ChiPy Donation
> To: XXXXXX
>
> XXXX:
>
> Thanks for the $5k, 100% of it is going to be used to expand the
> organization ChiPy (Chicago Python User Group) which benefits Chicago by:
>
> - holding monthly meetings with presentations about the Python
> Programming Language
> - recording meetings and presenting those for public consumption
> - educate the community on Python
> - mentor programers in finding job placement
> - mentoring employers in finding talent
> - sponsor open source efforts
>
> The donations will be used for things like:
>
> - purchasing food and drink for meetings
> - covering other meeting expenses
> - hosting of the chipy.org website and marketing efforts
> - Purchasing A/V equipment
> - recording and distribution of meetings
> - Food, drink, and materials for The ChiPy Mentoring Project and other
> educational efforts.
>
> Again, thank you for your kindness. I look forward to helping the
> organization grow and continue to do good things in Chicago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brian Ray
> ChiPy Organizer
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Thanks,
Brian Herman
brianjherman.com
Research Assistant
University Of Illinois at Chicago
brianherman at acm.org
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