Hi Steve, Here’s another donation, 10€/month. Does that automatically makes us a member of Guix foundation or do we need to fill the form online ?
Best, Alexis > Le 2025. 9. 26. à 22:11, reza <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Hi Steve > > Thanks for setting this up. I just made a recurring contribution of > 12.5EUR a month, only 99 more people and we are set for the fundraising > goal of 15'000EUR! > > Best, > Reza > >> Hi, >> >> As everyone on this list knows the GNU Guix project has a continuous >> need for funding to pay for the project's infrastructure and development. >> >> We're looking at ways to fundraise to make Guix sustainable. This is >> email is to tell you about it, and ask for your support. >> >> Previously, we've been using up a large donation from 2018 [0]. But, >> that's not going to last forever so we need to increase our fundraising >> activity and ask our community for their support. >> >> In the summer we rebooted the Guix Foundation and we're going to launch >> a donation drive over the coming days. >> >> It's worth summarising what we spend money on. We're lucky that the Max >> Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine hosts all of ci.guix.gnu.org. >> Everything else is paid for by the project. >> >> Our critical expenses to cover other build infrastructure, substitute >> servers and development services is about 6.5k EUR a year. The project >> is growing and there's only increasing demand to scale. So really the >> fundraising goal is 15,000 EUR a year (circa 11.5k USD). >> >> One thing to note is it's not just a one-off need. We need a recurring >> donation stream that the project can rely on if we're to be sustainable. >> >> There's some ways you can help: >> >> >> 1. Make a recurring contribution >> --------------------------------- >> If you can support with a recurring donation please please do so. >> >> The most cost-effective way is through Stripe. It will translate the >> price into a local price and offer payment options for your jurisdiction. >> >> - €10 a month: https://donate.stripe.com/8x2bJ133ia2H3Zw4j38N201 >> - €15 a month: https://donate.stripe.com/aFaeVd7jy7Uz1Ro02N8N204 >> - €20 a month: https://donate.stripe.com/dRm5kD47m0s79jQ9Dn8N202 >> >> The other alternative is through Open Collective: >> >> https://opencollective.com/guix >> >> As part of your donation you'll become a member of Guix Foundation so >> you'll also have a voice in it's activities. >> >> >> 2. Donate as a one-off >> ----------------------- >> I appreciate that not everyone can make a recurring donation. Every >> donation is still valuable and helps the project. >> >> If you're able to help out that's great: >> >> https://donate.stripe.com/9B6bJ1avK1wbanU6rb8N205 >> >> >> 3. Donate via FSF >> ------------------ >> If you would rather donate via the FSF (recurring or one-off) then >> that's done through this link (select the level you're happy with): >> >> - https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=50 >> >> >> 4. Help spread the word about fund raising >> -------------------------------------------- >> The next step that's underway is to revamping the Guix Donate page and >> then I'll be creating some posts to fully launch the fundraising >> campaign. I expect to do that in the next few days. >> >> It would be great if you can spread the word when that happens. Both to >> explain _why_ there's a need (and what we spend money on), and to >> encourage people to support us. >> >> >> Thanks so much, >> >> Steve / Futurile >> >> [0] >> https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2018/gnu-guix-receives-donation-from-the-handshake-project/ > >
