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Moncurs Putting Iron 3:34 Thu Aug 31
WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

WHO Family,

After 7 years of efficient and dedicated service, Charley would like to step down as the keeper of the funds. The suggestion is that we switch roles and I keep the funds but he provides the 'overwatch' to ensure I don’t do a Frankie Marathon flit with your hard earned.

What will not change

Flowers and Wreaths - Will continue
WHO loans and purchases for those in need - Will continue with us both having to be in agreement before any money is releases.

What we would like your opinion/Insight on

How we receive funds

Now: Go Fund me is an excellent, easily viewed, easily Escrow but each contribution they take a cost of 2.5% + 25p per transaction.
Alternative: We publish account details and you pay the money directly in

How we store the funds.
Now: Pete uses an account in his name, I have an online savings account dormant and can use that as a clean space to easily show money in and money out, from where and current balance. Advantage low admin and will earn us some interest, disadvantage it is MY account and I can, at any time run off with your money. (But I will send Screen shots to Pete monthly and post on here quarterly.
Alternative: Explore a joint access non-profit account set up in WHOS name. Advantage: Joint access and viewing more oversight and single points of abuse, Disadvantage: I suspect this will incur fees but will find out for sure.

WHO Doomsday plan

We know that there are discussions ongoing about the server and are both of the personal opinion that the fund could be used to update a site admin and give it a performance lift. If the opposite ever happens and the site collapses without trace, we will take the fund amount and equally divide between the Bobby Moore Fund and the "Dylan Tombides DT38" publishing out proof on our own social media and to those that now us.

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Lee Trundle 3:41 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

Personally, I see you the most trustworthy to do this kind of thing, MPI.

Moncurs Putting Iron 3:48 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

LT,

Thanks that means a lot to both of us.

The one responsibility we find difficult is WHO fund loans and purchases Charley would like a third person involved in that and account updates and reviews just in case one of us is ever ill or there is an emergency. I think he is probably right but if there are no volunteers we will go on as we are.

The other how to admin stuff just hoping to gauge opinion or get insights into others experiences.

Far Cough 4:02 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

Can't we escrow into Frankie's marathon fund? Must be getting low on funds by now?

Haz 7:50 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

Sounds good to me lads. I'd be all in favour of using some of the funds to update the site, so that it doesn't go into meltdown when 2 people try and post at the same time during a game.

However, leave the WHO clock alone!

Keep up the good work.

mallard 8:00 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

How we receive funds

Scrap Go Fund Me and pay direct into an account using sort code and account no.

How we store the funds.

Use the dormant savings account- you come across as extremely trustworthy

WHO Doomsday plan

If possible, keep the format and change the server.
Mike Oxsaw has offered a platform to test this out on the other thread

Far Cough 8:27 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

It's not the server per se, that's the problem, it's bandwidth and bandwidth costs money, it's why the site comes to a grinding halt on matchdays when you get more than a few people on here.

Far Cough 8:29 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

Oh yeah and GoFundme is a ripoff, that dormant account sounds a good idea.

mallard 8:36 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required

Any idea sort of money are we talking ?

I’d happily pay a subscription for the extra bandwidth

Kearley 8:56 Thu Aug 31
Re: WHO Fund management - Small changes afoot and some opinions/suggestions Required