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- February 28th 2019: Recommendations, including suggested texts, for an approach to 2019's fundraising amongst Samvera Partners and Supporters, complementary to a wider fundraising effort. If practicable, an interim, or draft, report by January 23rd would be helpful for consideration at the Samvera Steering Group Winter Retreat.
- March 31st, 2019: Report on the desirability of Sponsorship for Samvera Connect and, if appropriate, practical approaches to attracting it (the timing is in order to inform the Connect 2019 planning process)
- Partner meeting April 2019: Interim report for feedback outlining the likely recommendations for a wide fundraising effort
- June 30, 2019: Final, integrated report combining all the above into an annual cycle. The final report has been deferred for presentation at the Partner Meeting taking place in St Louis in October. As at August there is still work ongoing and the recent merger of our fiscal sponsor, DuraSpace, with LYRASIS has implications for an annual cycle. Fundraising WG: Final Report to Partners_ October 2019.pdf
Following the review of the FWG's final report by Partners, a decision will be taken to sunset the Group or to ask it to undertake further work.
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