Finance - who? and should we use Open Collective?
Issue for now for everything related to this (cashflow, expenses, budget, sponsors, etc) - can be made into multiple issues later.
We probably need to move on this soon as already a point has been flagged by @Shane-H about the cost of venue research when you are a volunteer rather than a partner spending their marketing budget. We need a petty cash fund and someone to manage it.
First Q - should we try Open Collective to handle this?
Inspired by @michaelmcandrew's blog following the Sustain Summit 2018 - could Open Collective serve as a transparent place that allows everyone involved in planning, funding, expensing, sponsoring the event to track contributions. Ie financial participation can go beyond headline sponsors and ticket purchases to just like - 'sure I will throw £100 in to make this happen even tho I can't attend'?
Tickets payments could still be taken thru C.o, and surpplus could still be returned to core at the end, but it might be a nice way to test OC's radical transparency and community engagement. For e.g here's how OC was used for the Sustain summit: https://opencollective.com/sustainoss