Funding Trauma.org

[Karim Brohi]

The recent offers of donations for Trauma.org are very generous, and I am
aware that the critical care medicine email list is funded in this manner.
However I am not convinced this is the model we want to follow (I could be
wrong).  I say this though because I don't believe this is a solid financial
model and Trauma.org has become such a resource that its funding needs to be
consistent and reliable.  Its true that if all 2700+ members of the list
gave $10-20, we'd have $30-50,000 a year, but fundamentally the list and
website have always been free resources, and whether optional or not, this
has been the part of the reason for its success.  Further, I have a feeling
that the proportion of people who actually donate will probably reflect the
proportion of people who post.

With the new server it's going to cost us around $9000/year to meet running
costs for the website, mailing list and other services we have running.
Currently around half of this is met by a grant from the British Trauma
Society (and in return we host their website, take new membership
registrations etc).

The new site development costs, at around $6000 have been met by a
charitable donation (the donor organisation wishes to remain anonymous, but
I am indebted to them in many ways).  Further developments we need to
generate further funding for.

We have always been a not-for-profit organisation.  We are not yet
officially registered as a charity in the UK, although I have been taking
advice as to whether this is actually the best model for us.  Actually,
there seems to be very little in the way of good advice for non-profit
finances out there.

I have a few ideas for funding models that I have been playing with - but
I'd be interested in hearing the list's thoughts on possibilities.

Whatever happens, we have ways of carrying on :-)

Karim

-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]
On Behalf Of Phil Hoffman
Sent: 01 February 2007 17:21
To: 'Trauma & Critical Care mailing list'
Subject: RE: Overload!!

I was thinking along the same lines as Dr. Mattox.  I will give up one
Friday night's beer, billiards and pretzels and send $50 (hey, I like
expensive beer...).  I'll bet that Dr. Mattox and others would join me in
making this a quarterly confirmation of the value of this list and the site
itself.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]
On Behalf Of KMATTOX at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 11:44 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: Re: Overload!!

 
In a message dated 2/1/2007 4:33:00 A.M. Central Standard Time,
karim at trauma.org writes:

apart  from finding the funding to cover the costs!!!


What is the cost?   Can we (MEMBERS OF THIS LIST SERVER) help by  depositing

money into Pay Pal account for you and send supportive  MONEY.    I am happy

to deposit $100.00 this moment, if you will  give me the number or name of
the account to send it to.  
 
We are all in this together.
 
k
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