March
2014
2014 budget plans
The members
survey to identify priorities for 2014 is still open, but now the
time has come in the LongeCity calendar to put plans and ideas into into
a financial framework. As part of this process, we will review expenses
and revenues last year, discuss which core activities we can maintain
and what new initiative might be possible and by the end of March we
will have agreed a draft budget for the next 12 months. The
current plan veers slightly between an attempt to 'streamline'
operations given limited volunteers and an attempt to bring in new
blood- which brings us to a trial of major new initiative in 2014:
Are YOU interested in being a Guest Editor at
LongeCity?
The budget for guest editors has not yet been ratified, but a draft
figure of about $800 per stint may be possible. This scheme is aimed at
those who would like to contribute to the LongeCity's mission and have
some ideas and projects in mind, but can't envisage spending a lot of
time at LongeCity continuously due to other commitments. The 'guest
editor' scheme is right for those who have a couple of weeks to spend
only.
Questions
and expressions
of interest
Leadership changes
'Cryonicsculture'
(Peter) joined LongeCity as a user in November 2012 and quickly became
prominent in the community not least with his cheerful welcome messages
to new users in the 'introduce yourself' section. He joined as a Member
in January and was recently appointed assistant membership secretary. In
this role he will field queries from members and users, keep an eye out
for new initiatives and help with making connections.
Monthly forum feature: Advertisers
Under the 2014 Budget, LongeCity will, as always, depend on
generous donations for funding our non-profit activities. Part of these
revenues will come from enterprises benefiting from the opportunity to
advertise on LongeCity. Even with cryonicsculture joining leadership
LongeCity is struggling with the administrative burden of dealing with
advertising enquiries. To tackle this, we are currently trialing a new
automated system for displaying ads across the site. Please bear with us
while we testdrive this system and iron out the kinks.
Advertising
options at LongeCity. Caliban
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