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List:       kde-community
Subject:    Re: Fundraising in KDE
From:       Carl Schwan <carl () carlschwan ! eu>
Date:       2020-09-23 14:34:17
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Le mercredi, septembre 23, 2020 1:32 PM, Eike Hein <hein@kde.org> a écrit  :

> Hi everyone,
> 
> As Carl's email has lead to people reaching out to me with immediate worries about \
> KDE e.V.'s financial health, allow me to provide some additional context. :-) 
> KDE e.V.'s expenses in 2019 were higher than its income. This was by design, \
> because the organization has accumulated large financial reserves in recent years \
> and it is obligated, as a non-profit, to put them towards its mission statement. \
> This scaling-up of our expenses was done carefully; we're not dependent on this \
> additional spending to keep up our core activities. Additionally, the size of the \
> delta is also an artifact of several large membership payments slipping to the 2020 \
> financial year. 
> To hammer it home: KDE e.V. is currently in the financially strongest position it \
> has been in its history, and has more options today than it had in the past. Our \
> most immediate concern is spending money, not fundraising.


Yes sorry for not making it clearer on my initial mail, KDE finances are fine and we \
don't risk becoming bankrupt anytime soon. This is a proposal for **accelerating** \
our growth. Thanks for clarifying Eike.
Cheers
Carl

> This situation is (as it should) leading to proposals for how to scale up KDE \
> e.V.'s activities, leading to further increase in spending. One such proposal is \
> the one mentioned by Carl, submitted by Nate. As we discuss and probe these \
> proposals and their various potentials for becoming policy, their sustainability is \
> under review. 
> This is great, aand a buzz of activity around making relate.kde.org better for the \
> longer-term future is very welcome. 
> If you have further questions about KDE e.V.s finances, feel free to take a look at \
> the financial statements in our annual reports[0] or to reach out to me directly. 
> 0 = https://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2019/
> 
> Cheers,
> Eike Hein
> 
> 
> KDE e.V. Vice President, Treasurer


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