[TriLUG] Financial Status (The pizza email)

[Tom Eisenmenger via TriLUG]

Hi there,

I just received word from AmazonSmile that TriLUG will no longer be an
eligible program participant effective 11/6/19. I'm not sure of the reason
behind this, but I did think you should know if you don't already.


On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 2:56 PM Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

>       For the past many months, TriLUG has been running at a deficit.
> Although we have had meeting sponsors before, they have been few and
> far between. So we had to rely on the donations we have received in
> the "The Bucket" we place every meeting by the pizzas and the credit
> card donations to cover our meeting expenses (Pizzas and Drinks).
> Since the beginning of the year, the amount that we have collected in
> "The Bucket"+card has only covered a small portion of those expenses,
> the rest being taken from the TriLUG financial reserves. As those
> reserves stand, unless something happens we will have to deploy some
> Pizza Austerity Measures.
>
> We are asking for your help in solving this issue.
>
> Does your employer have a program that might provide funding for
> organizations such as ours? Are you willing to sponsor a meeting, or
> at least donate some larger funds than normal?
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