Subject: RHIZOME\_RAW: Rhizome Needs Your Support
> Hi Rhizomers:
> I'm
> writing to you now to let you know that we need your support once again.
> Our goal this year is to raise $37,000 by the 1st of February. So far we
> have raised about $5,000.
>
> It will cost about
> $210,000 to operate
Rhizome.org this fiscal year (this is about
> two-thirds of what our was budget last year).
Hi Rachel,
I think we've been here before. I'm a donor and have the T-shirt to prove
it. But honestly I got the impression that Rhizome was over now, apart from
the mailing list which we stay on for old times sake. I haven't seen any
announcements about the ArtBase for months, is it suspended or did I miss
something?
Your mail asks for $37,000 ('this year') by Feb 1. But you give no context
to this. What is 'this year' (as February is patently in next year)? You say
you have raised $5000 'so far', but what is 'so far'? When did this
fundraising start? What part of your fundraising is this $37,000. Is this an
emergency, or do you have to raise this every quarter? How does this relate
to the $210,000 it will cost 'to operate Rhizome this fiscal year'?
I say we've been here before because I can remember discussions before about
Rhizome's income v. expenditure and I think Tribe pointed us to the Rhizome
accounts. I did go to the website to read something about Rhizome's
expenditure/income, but I can't find anything. So I thought I'd ask.
> Your support will be put to good use. In the next few months, we will
> initiate a new cycle of commissions in which we will award more than
> $12,000 to Rhizome artists, revamp our search engine, develop a new
> ArtBase curatorial program and launch Rhizome Memberships for
> Organizations, a new program that will provide access to
Rhizome.org> through schools, libraries and arts organizations from Chiang Mai to
> Chile. And we will continue to offer our core programs, including the
>
Rhizome.org web site and email lists, with a focus on further improving
> the quality and relevance of our content.
Give away $12,000 <--- hmm, if it were $120,000 it might pique
interest, should I support this?
Reveamp the ArtBase. <--- yes please, cluster around the ArtBase, I
support this assuming the ArtBase is still open
Recruit organisations. <--- Fundraising, should I support this?
Provide access to
Rhizome.org through schools, libraries and arts
organisations <--- are you giving them web access then? what more do they
need?
I thought by way of comparison with Rhizome's $210,000 expenditure, we
could ask Ruth and Marc how much it costs them to run Furtherfield. Then we
could do a value comparison.
Cheers,
Ivan