[Bradford] Monday's meeting

[Paul Colley]

Thanks John. Appreciate the chance to explore what possibilities might exist - and see if there might be an opportunity in what currently seems to be a threat. Although our own budget is fairly limited, one way in which this may be of mutual benefit would be in the potential for us to actively promote the services that BradLUG members might be in a position to offer to the wider voluntary / community / charity sector in the District. I'm thinking of something along the lines of our NAVCA Essentials scheme (see http://bit.ly/aug14bb#page=50) which we could expand into local IT support and development services. I don't just want to come with a begging bowl!
P. 
      From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
 To: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk; Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk> 
 Sent: Sunday, 7 June 2015, 23:02
 Subject: Re: [Bradford] Monday's meeting
   
HI Paul

I am sure that will be fine. I cannot guess the extent to which we might be 
able to offer support but we cannot offer any unless we know what is needed.

John
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On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 21:46:31 Paul Colley wrote:
> I'd like to talk briefly about the predicament Bradford CVS finds itself in,
> having lost our only in-house IT person (who designed our website in Drupal
> and whose departure leaves us struggling to do much more than create
> additional content). We have a small budget to cover a range of IT
> maintenance and development tasks. Being heavily dependent on funding from
> Bradford Council, we have taken a 25% hit to our budget this financial year
> and of course we can expect year on year further reductions due to the
> Tories being wedded to austerity and crushing local authorities (especially
> those in the North). We could do with some help - a mix of
> voluntary/advisory and ad hoc paid-for - as we try to adapt to these new
> circumstances. Anyone with Drupal (and CiviCRM) expertise would be
> particularly welcome as we attempt to cobble together an advisory team. Not
> the most attractive of 'offers', but I am tasked with reaching out and
> attempting to come up with some kind of rescue package / sustainable future
> plan. I'll be on site and could attend part or all of the meeting if you
> think that is something you might have the stomach for? Cheers
> Paul      From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
>  To: BradfordLinuxUserGroup <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>  Sent: Sunday, 7 June 2015, 22:26
>  Subject: [Bradford] Monday's meeting
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Are there any offers for tomorrow's meeting?
> 
> John
> 
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