Yeah. I feel like a little bit of finesse could’ve averted this disaster.
$40k debts is pretty manageable. If that’s owed to the ATO for example, as soon as you get a payment arrangement (easy to obtain) then you’re no longer “insolvent”. Pay it off over 2 years, so you get 3x of this type of fundraiser.
Given the staff “walk out”, it’s possible that the money is owed to employees, which muddies the waters.
Instead of saying “everyone has to pay $2,200”, they should have said…
- we have this structural financial problem and to keep the centre open we need to raise $40k in the next 2 years.
- we will just give you whatever individual art works you want for your kid
- however, for $1,000 we’ll assemble a nice scrap book. You get your photo on the wall and in this pdf we’re going to email to everyone, and you can include your business details if you wish.
- finally approach local council, show that they’ve done all these things but only raised $10k this year, they need a grant of another $10k to keep the doors open for another year.
It’s still a long shot, but it’s a better chance than trying to guilt every parent into paying $2,200.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 day ago
Possibly. From experience, I can almost guarantee you that there’s way more drama behind the story than the numbers show.
That’s the read I got from the article too, but again I’m pretty sure the whole thing had a long prelude that also involved parents, so it didn’t exactly come as a shock.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Yeah. Nothing like solvency issues to drag out a bit of drama is there.
Sadly, everyone involved in this fiasco is at best underpaid but more likely a volunteer.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 day ago
That’s not what I meant. Working with children & their parents, it tends to get very emotional.
Underpaid for sure.