cotech-fund/README.md

# The CoTech Fund

## What is the CoTech Fund?

Following a [successful pilot year]() we have decided to make the CoTech fund permanent. The fund is a voluntary system where members of CoTech can contribute £1 per member, per week. The subscription is collected annually in advance. The fund can be used for any purpose that supports CoTech including, but not limited to:

- Marketing and promotion
- Events
- Paying for infrastructure costs (such as the [community forum](https://community.coops.tech))

Those co-ops who have joined the fund decide collectively how the fund should be distributed. We try to achieve this by consent, but where necessary can use a "one co-op, one vote" rule.

## How do I join the fund?

Send an email to `treasurer@coops.tech` and tell us how many members are in your co-op. We will then invoice you for the appropriate amount.

## Where can I find out more about the fund?

There is a [fund category](https://community.coops.tech/c/cotech/fund/25) on the community forum where we post fund updates and discuss how to use the fund. Everyone can read these updates, and members of the co-ops in the fund can post.

# Administration

Records and documentation for the CoTech fund

## Generating receipts

Install `pandoc` and `wkhtmltopdf` using, for example homebrew on OS X

```
brew install pandoc
brew install Caskroom/cask/wkhtmltopdf
```

Then in `receipts/` create a markdown file from an existing one, and run, for example

```
pandoc -t html5 agile_collective_2019-2020.md -o agile_collective_2019-2020.pdf --css style.css
```
Some information about the fund 2020-04-04 06:18:49 +00:00			`# The CoTech Fund`

			`## What is the CoTech Fund?`

			`Following a [successful pilot year]() we have decided to make the CoTech fund permanent. The fund is a voluntary system where members of CoTech can contribute £1 per member, per week. The subscription is collected annually in advance. The fund can be used for any purpose that supports CoTech including, but not limited to:`

			`- Marketing and promotion`
			`- Events`
			`- Paying for infrastructure costs (such as the [community forum](https://community.coops.tech))`

			`Those co-ops who have joined the fund decide collectively how the fund should be distributed. We try to achieve this by consent, but where necessary can use a "one co-op, one vote" rule.`

			`## How do I join the fund?`

			Send an email to `treasurer@coops.tech` and tell us how many members are in your co-op. We will then invoice you for the appropriate amount.

			`## Where can I find out more about the fund?`

			`There is a [fund category](https://community.coops.tech/c/cotech/fund/25) on the community forum where we post fund updates and discuss how to use the fund. Everyone can read these updates, and members of the co-ops in the fund can post.`

			`# Administration`
Initial commit 2019-06-13 19:30:16 +00:00
Generate receipts for contributions I based the pandoc stuff on a blog post[1] I found. I've generated 4 receipts for the contributions in `statements/statement_2019-04-17_2019-06-03.pdf`. [1] https://medium.com/@martin_betz/generate-pdf-invoices-from-markdown-using-pandoc-5cb3fe84ba3a 2019-06-13 20:08:15 +00:00			`Records and documentation for the CoTech fund`

			`## Generating receipts`

			Install `pandoc` and `wkhtmltopdf` using, for example homebrew on OS X

			```
			`brew install pandoc`
			`brew install Caskroom/cask/wkhtmltopdf`
			```

			Then in `receipts/` create a markdown file from an existing one, and run, for example

			```
			`pandoc -t html5 agile_collective_2019-2020.md -o agile_collective_2019-2020.pdf --css style.css`
			```