The Radish

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

jimmy — Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:50 pm

Author: jimmy

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:50 pm

The bank account's proving a bitch because correspondance is by post and it's not as simple as just applying and getting an account. it's on its way, hang on in there...

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

gabs — Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:23 pm

Author: gabs

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:23 pm

I've invoiced him so should happen soonish I expect. Re- John's �10, you were going to steal it from his room some time

Funding

Matt — Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:48 pm

Author: Matt

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:48 pm

Hi Gabs,

Did you claim back the money from the campaigns budgets from Tom? It was logged in the folder by some on named D.Taylor (I think) which was kept in vibe until last friday afternoon before going up to Toms office.

In addition did John give you the �10 he owed Paul; Paul wanted it diverted to The Radish?

Lastly I've just recieved a donation of �5, if Jimmy could add this to the accounts.

How's the bank account progressing.

Matt

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

doc_ido — Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:39 am

Author: doc_ido

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:39 am

Yeah, the Guild seems to have lost its connection to the outside world - there is no external access to the webmail or students servers. The main website is working OK though.

I'm not sure if this means that e-mails can't be sent or received. They should go internally OK, which means I'll have to schlep all the way over there to check if any have been sent. :/

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

Matt — Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:29 pm

Author: Matt

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:29 pm

I'm a bit worried, none of the candidates I know have recieved e-mail re: this issue yet. I hope elections committee don't decide to veto it just because Goff didn't get the e-mail out. In his opinion everything seemed well above board and fair.

Hwr, maybe the e-mails have gone to our official accounts, eg, votemattwaddington@bugs.bham.ac.uk Hwr, I'm not checking mine, JP is, although he said yesterday that they were down & the tech support is on holiday ....

Matt

ps

Gabs, you are a star, just got your PM.

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

gabs — Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:38 am

Author: gabs

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:38 am

nick_b wrote:

no, haven't heard from him for a couple of days now though - will probably get an update on monday so i guess it'll be included in that. is that going to give us enough time?

Its not ideal and means that we probably wont get anyone other than us lot. Dont know if we would have done anyway but still its annoying. He said he was sending out a general email after elections committee on Friday which it would be included with. Noone get anything?

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

hannoir — Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:36 am

Author: hannoir

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:36 am

I'd love to contribute but unfortunately I have no money and what I do have is in kiwi dollars...

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

nick_b — Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:16 am

Author: nick_b

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:16 am

no, haven't heard from him for a couple of days now though - will probably get an update on monday so i guess it'll be included in that. is that going to give us enough time?

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

gabs — Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:03 am

Author: gabs

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:03 am

Have candidates received details of this from Tom Goff?

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

gabs — Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:03 pm

Author: gabs

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:03 pm

TG has no problems with it but is clearing it with elections committee at the mo. Assuming there are no objections he will contact all candidates after the meeting

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

Matt — Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:15 pm

Author: Matt

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:15 pm

Nice 1 dude.

I've allerted as many candidates as poss. As it stands Me, Vlad, John, Nick, Sid & Boyan have confirmed that we will be buying at least a quarter page (predictable suspects). Others have also expressed interest. Might we consider selling even smaller adverts for cheaper, as there are some candidates who have already allocated their budgets and I want to give them the largest opportunity poss to contribute.

Oh, I've also approached Scruffy & Peter M to make article contributions (based on their counter arguments (posted as comments) to Jimmy's piece if they wish. I am hoping for a strong election theme...

Matt

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

gabs — Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:51 am

Author: gabs

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:51 am

Yep. Emailed Tom Goff and asked him to forward on details of this to all election candidates. Due to time constraints there wasn't time to consult fully about it but a few of us agreed that �12.50/quarter page was appropriate. I also mentioned that candidates with special requirements (ie. larger or smaller adverts, different size or whatever) should contact us through the same engage@ email address. Didn't make any substantial changes to the letter template above.

I'll chase him up tomorrow to make sure he received it and follows up on it.

Proposal Submition

Matt — Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:53 pm

Author: Matt

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:53 pm

Hey Gabs,

Did you post the proposal out to TG?

Re: Issue 5 Funding Crisis!!!

whatdoyoucare — Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:04 pm

Author: whatdoyoucare

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:04 pm

Agreed. Great idea. Letter looks good too.

I say go for it.

Sid Here, with a possible solution to our funding woes.

Anonymous — Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:51 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:51 pm

Sid Here, with a possible solution to our funding woes.

Right now there are lots of students campaining for Guild Elections
with ripe juicy �70 campain budgets to spend, now of course you may
be wondering how all this cash floating about can be used to fund the
Radish, and so was I, however the answer was presented to me by Tom
Goff, in his second email to candidates.

Quote:

1. "Student Publications"

...

If such publications would like to give candidates an opportunity to
feature, in
an unedited advert form, such publications are encouraged to approach
Elections
Committee who will contact all the candidates to inform them about
such an
opportunity. No candidate may be denied such opportunity.

This paragraph opens up a excellent possibility, that is the Radish
could offer all candidates the chance to buy adverts in issue 5 of
the Radish which will come out on the 9th, the day polls open.

This could easily generate enough money to print issue 5 with a
possibility of having cash left over or even of printing a 12 page
issue.

Here is a proposal for a letter to the Elections Committee from the
Radish:

Dear Elections Commitee

The Radish would like to invite all candidates in the forthcoming
elections to purchase advertising space in the next issue of The
Radish (Birmingham Universitys Alternative Press). Issue 5 will be
released on Thursday the 9th of march (the day that polls open on
Edgbaston campus)
All candidates who purchase space will be guaranteed to have any
advert that falls within the election committees rules printed in
issue 5 unedited, all adverts will clearly be labeled as adverts and
as such not endorsed by the Radish.

Adverts will be priced at <???> per 1/4 page/CM^2.

We acknowledge all costs come from campain budget and so either
recipts will be issued, or we can forward invoices to the elections
commitee for payment.

All adverts to be sent to engage@theradish.org and in addition a
posting made on the articles page of http://theradish.org.uk in line
with our editorial policy. Either submited directly from candidates
or through the elections commitee.

The Radish Team.

<???>pricing details
theres 2 options here, either the old directly proportionate to
printing costs, or of fixing it at an arbitary price, eg �10 1/4
page. Bearing in mind some candidates will only have a bit left from
thier budget and some candidates have �50 - �60 pounds left and may
want to buy a full page, or possibly we could even charge per CM^2
with maybe a minimum size. Also there is a possibility to have a
limit to 1/4 page or something so we can say all candidate will have
an equal opportunity to contribute.
<>

If we agree on the prices, possibly after asking candidates how much
they would be wiling to pay and then contact elections commitee as
soon as possible. If we price the adverts too high then elections
commitee may discount it as if some candidates have already spent
most of thier budgets they wont be able to afford it, but �10-�15 per
1/4 page would seem like a good starting point.

anyway, it would be best to get this proposal to elections committee
as soon as possible.