Re: [Fhsst-authors] Re: [Kind request] for chemistery copy

[Mark Horner]

Hi Marcu

All very valid musings - tired or otherwise :)

I chatted to Sam and Sarah this morning and we thought it would be 
really nice to
send him a copy. We didn't decide who would do it yet. We will also make 
clear
that its not finished and so we thought that this once we'll send him a 
printout now
and when its done we'll send him a real copy. Of course if all his 
classmates
decide this is a winner plan we are in trouble though it would be an ego 
boost. Anyway he'll
get a book - not sure how exactly yet.

Here is a summary of where we stand regarding printing, money etc.

Last year we were contacted by a printer in SA because he liked the 
project. He
gave us some quotes for printing bound, hard-cover versions in black and 
white
with a colour cover. Basically its :
R20 per copy for bulk printing (3000+ copies) -> about $3 per copy
R40 per copy for print on demand -> about $6 per copy

We haven't done much more on this front - but at least we know that by 
removing
the author's, publisher's and editor's royalties we can reduce the cost 
by an order of
magnitude.

We applied to become a Non-Profit Organisation in SA in August or 
September last year.
Spencer attempted to follow this up ealier this week. Once we get our 
NPO number we can
open a bank account and raise money with more security. Unfortunately 
its impossible to know
exactly when we'll get our registration number.

On the fundraising front we have an application form for the DG Murray 
Trust. We
met their rep (who was very positive about us applying to them) at the 
Shuttleworth
Innovation Bazaar.  Their deadline is 21 January and Sarah and I have a 
rough draft
of the application. (Let me know if you'd like to get involved in 
working on the funding
proposals)

We have also thought about applying for this:

http://www.tsf.org.za/index.php?option=content&task=blogsection&id=14

My thoughts were to get soem funding from a large organisation then use 
it for
a pilot distribution. The publicity will be useful when we broaden our 
fundraising drive.

I agree that it would be awesome to have money for cases like our 
Nigerian fan.


Cheers,

Mark



Mark Mc Grath wrote:

> Mark Horner <address@hidden> writes:
>
> [I assume fhsst-authors goes to everyone who might be interested]
>
>  
>
> > So we really can make a difference ... see forwarded message :)
> >    
>
> Has anyone responded and or sent a copy to this person? If not I am
> willing to make a one off charitable donation from here!
>
> Ignoring requests like this would be very bad publicity for the
> project. But also sending books to many people is not really a viable
> option either! Do we (FHSST) have a position on this?
>
> A possible solution might be:
>
> The project has been set up as an official charity in South Africa
> right? Has this been finalised? You will need money and will probably
> have a bank account!
>
> > From the web site we could ask for charitable donations: bank details
> displayed, PAYPAL account, etc
>
> Some of this money could be ear marked for cases like above, which get
> dealt with by another web page. People could add their email addresses
> to it, we then contact them for their postal details as the money is
> available. First person on the list gets the first copy, second person
> gets second copy, ...
>
> But we clearly need to state that we do not have much funds and that
> it could take a long time to arrive!
>
> Do I remember talk of a publisher somewhere on these lists? Or is that
> a figment of my very tired mind? This email could be regarded as
> random musings and thinkings after a very hard and long day. Excuse
> them if they are not appropriate! But these thoughts should be
> considered at some point in the future if we (FHSST) are to become
> serious about getting access to as wide and audience for our books as
> possible!
>
> marcu
>
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Mark Horner                                                                                                         
Jabber/AIM/Yahoo:   marknewlyn                                                               

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