Resource Development 6 Month Strategic Plan

Overview

The Resource Development Strategy will unfold in three phases:

Phase 1: Fulfilling Existing Contractual Obligations

Phase 2: Preparing for New Contracts

Phase 3: Seeking New Contracts

Phase 1

By committing to fulfilling our existing obligations with foundations and reporting on how our current grants have been used, we establish a track record that will help us receive further funding, and at a larger level, in the future. The process of tracking how our existing grants have been used will lay the groundwork for a systemic approach to handling finances within the organization. The majority of these tasks will be completed during the September and October months of 2012, leaving the remainder of the year open for the completion of Phase 2 and the beginning of Phase 3.

Grants

Stichting Benevolentia

• Grant Report - 9/12/2012
• Grant Report Video - 9/12/2012
• Request for Further Funding - 10/15/2012

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

• Grant Report - 10/01/2012
• Request for Disbursement of Remaining Funds - 10/10/2012
• Grant Report Video - 2/15/2013
• Request for Further Funding - 2/15/2013

Shuttleworth Foundation

• Grant Report - 10/01/2012

Schumaker Family Foundation

• Grant Report - 10/01/2012
• Meeting With Board - Q4 2012

Phase 2

In order to prepare for new grant contracts, during Phase 2, we will focus on developing the multiple aspects of the non-profit/for-profit hybrid social enterprise. The major significant intention behind this campaign should be the development of a robust organization that is capable of achieving its mission. Established standards within the non-profit sector exist for a reason, and we can incorporate the best of what is out there to accelerate our ability to be effective in our work. The resource development team will focus on preparing Open Source Ecology for Mezzanine-stage Funding:

"Mezzanine-stage funding is a venture capital term used to describe later-stage financing for a company that is between a startup (seed funding) phase and an initial public offering. [The Skoll Foundation] deem[s] a social entrepreneurial organization to be at the mezzanine level if it has a proof of concept, documented its outcomes and developed a written plan to scale up its innovations, but has not yet achieved its full potential as related to geographic expansion and/or widespread adoption."

The significant categories of development include: Management, Finances, Policies & Legal Framework, Planning, Program Development, Communication, and Strategic Partnerships

Management

Board of Directors

• First Meeting - 09/10/2012

• Ratify founding documents, essential policies, and strategic plan.
• Elect officers.
• Establish BOD recruiting strategy.

• BOD Recruiting Strategy

• Identify Criteria - Industry Standards & OSE Criteria for Selection
• Nomination Form -
• Nomination Campaign Video -
• Recruiting meetings
• Final selection & vote

• BOD Committees

• Finance Committee (2012)
• Fundraising Committee (2012)
• Evaluations Committee (2013)
• Executive Committee (2013)
• Product/Program Development Committee (2013)
• Promotion/Sales Committee (2013)