I don't have any clue. I don't have a single idea of whom is a novice in our list and whom is not.
If there are those who would like to make further donations to get us to our goal, we'll gladly accept them late, and add them to the tallies.
I'm actually quite astounded, so I thought this deserved a thread all it's own.
I would like to extend my sincere, heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated their hard earned cash toward this project. I understand that there are very few of us who are independently wealthy, and it is difficult...
I will be posting a final tally (Less Lilly's matching, because it will take time to sort out membership groups) tonight! Stay tuned! ( I suspect we made it.)
Okay okay okay okay....
Pre-matching we are at..... *drum roll*
1781!
Donated during the matching..... ( so far)
625!
Multiplied by two= 1250!
Grand total (so far, with until midnight tonight to make donations for match)
3031!!!
WE are almost there!!!!!!
One note: I haven't figured...
We have two matches going on:
First, Lilli Sedai will match 50% of all donations made by novices from now until the end of the fundraiser.
Next weekend all donations made from Midnight Friday night, until Midnight Sunday night will be matched up to $1000.
Yay matchers!
Wow! Thank you for bringing this up!
There are certain documents that, as a member of TarValon.net, you have every right to view, but I haven't considered before how to offer them in a format that protects them and protects the community (it is proprietary information after all), but still...
The scholarship fund is a general funds disbursement. We just take it out of what we have in the pot, it's not something we take specific donations for.
So. We’re in the middle of asking everyone for money. A question looms though…. What do we do with all that money? Which is closely tied to another question: why should I give you my money?
Let me start by sharing a little of the philosophy I have used in my tenure as the keeper of the...
So that you're aware.... For a variety of reasons, the Board is revisiting this question, and we are working on what will be a reasonable direction in this area. We have found that there are a great number of facets to this, and it's not a simple, cut and dried issue.
So. As things are...
Generally, unless something is noted for otherwise (Euro summer, Anni, etc) we assume payments coming in are donations. So it's all good. And thank you all.
Kelgan is right to a point. We do not intend to micromanage our officers, and God knows, we shouldn't ever have need to. Vivvy and Leora are awesomesauce on toast. LEt's say, for the sake of argument, that there was a kerfluffle in one of the memberships forums, and it were brought to our...
We had a meeting last night. There were a couple of things we wanted to share.
Formal TarValon.net title for Eleyan al'Landerin: Before we officially increased the size of our board from three members to five, Dralyn and I felt that, as a means of recognition for service from the "old" board...
Six weeks actually did have a method to the madness. Some people get paid every two weeks, this would allow them to plan ahead and budget ahead, and people's pay dates are all over the place. Some people are paid on the 1st and fifteenth, so this allows three of these days, and still others...
For those who are wondering, I chose Cassie Sedai.
Why did it take so long? Because I had many qualified applicants, and I had a lot to think about. It was a very difficult decision. Very. Much. Large. Hard.