I see what you're saying.



sure if the interested members want to put their names in to be
considered for membership to the "support committee" that would be
fine. after we get at least 3 persons interested we can take a vote.



joseph



Alicia Carrillo wrote:


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Joseph,
 
This is a tough one for us to call being that very few members
have ever met each other and for the most part all we know about each
other is that we are Mexican Ancestry Researchers. We also know that we
like to eat Capirotada, Nopales and Mole. We know that some speak and
read spanish better than others and that some speak no spanish at all
but can read it. We know that some are better at doing their research
and some of us are slower than others.
 
So what do you think we can deduce from this data in terms of
managing money, having good judgement regarding financial needs,
accounting and money distribution.
 
Could we possibly ask the members who might be interested to
submit a brief bio to tell us what their qualifications are and then we
can take a vote. Some people have worked managing money and people.
Some people have not worked in finance but have done a good job
managing families, money and making monetary decisions regarding their
families. I would think that a good 50% of the Ranchos members would be
qualified for this role and that mostly what we need is a few good
volunteers and most of us would agree.
 
Alicia Carrillo de San Jose, Ca
 


Joseph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:

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Well
there hasn't been any other nominations for the Support Fund

committee. I'm not going to go through with this without at least 3

members on the committee. I'll wait another 2 weeks and we'll have to

abandon the idea then if no nominations come forth because I'm not
going

to do this because of conflict of interest.



it has been very nice and i want to thank all the members willing to

monetarily support this potential project.



thanks,



joseph





Irma GomezLucero wrote:



> Gotcha. I can kick in some money. Just let us us know when &
where

> to send.

> Thanks, Irma

>

>
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> From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On

> Behalf Of Joseph Puentes

> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 12:59 PM

> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com

> Subject: Re: [ranchos] "Ranchos Support Fund"

>

>

>

> Irma GomezLucero wrote:

>

>> Hi Joseph,

>> What would these funds be used for. I'm not real clear on
this...

>

> Well the support committee would be making the final decision on
that.

> But my reason for suggesting the funds creation was to have small

> stipends available to send to members of the Ranchos group that
found

> themselves in need. And for causes that would directly benefit the


> purpose of the Ranchos group. We would all be able to submit

> suggestions for the use of the funds but the committee would make
the

> final decision on the distribution.

>

> joseph

>

>> Irma

>>

>>
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>> From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com]
On

>> Behalf Of Joseph Puentes

>> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:04 PM

>> To: LosRanchos

>> Subject: [ranchos] "Ranchos Support Fund"

>>

>> For now we are over a hundred members strong. I would like to
run

>> something past you that is open for discussion. Would anyone
object

>> to having a completely optional "Ranchos Support Fund"?

>>

>> I was thinking if a few of us sent in a few buck we might be
able to

>> have $100 stipends available to send off to members that are
in need

>> or for projects that are supportive of the Ranchos Group. This
effort

>> would need a volunteer "use" committee which would have at
least 3

>> members (no ties) and one of those would be a treasurer to
hold the

>> funds. Before the "use" committee would decide on a "use" they
would

>> bring up the use for group discussion. but after the
discussion the

>> decision for the use would be made by the committee.

>>

>> If this is something that you all would consider going forward
on

>> then I would like to nominate Kitty Cortez to be one of the
committee

>> members and possibly the Treasurer. Also I would like to
pledge $25

>> to start the contributions.

>>

>> But all that is premature if you all think this is not
something

>> worthwhile.

>>

>> what say ye?

>>

>> joseph

>>

>

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