[Chicago] [ANN] ChiPy receives sponsorship

[Adam Jenkins]

He will probably do it for just beer. Use money for beer, buy things
with that beer.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Brian Herman <bherma3 at uic.edu> wrote:
> 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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> Brian Herman
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