> Where does the donation money go ? To who ? And for what ?I dont like > donating money when I have no idea what Im donating to. > > This is just another idea since I dont know how one would set this up ... > How about an FSWeekend fund to help out the crew that puts in a good > amount of work , time , and probably money out of thier own pockets do do > this event. > I would certainly donate something to that , if I knew what it was going to > , and my reward is the stories , pictures and videos of the event . > Maybe with the total to date displayed somewhere so that we could dig a > little deeper as the event draws near. :) > Cheers > Actually, the FSWeekend/LinuxTag crew thought about founding a non profit (called "gemeinnütziger Verein" in Germany) last year, but didn't pursue that idea any further. Although the booth comes at no cost, there is usually a good amount of money that has to be spent by the participants. Not only accomodation and travel, but insurance for equipment was once an issue. Last year, we bought six (IIRC) big side screen displays. Donations from a few of us made that possible.
We might pick up our idea once again and the next LinuxTag in Berlin (June, 9th - 12th) might be a good place to actually found the organization, given that enough people support that idea. Torsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
