I agree completely. However, if the donations are requested, I think we
should suggest 'typical' amounts. This is a world-wide organization so
we need
to be careful about defining 'self-identifying as low-income'.
So I would amend the motion to
Motion: To request donations from Sugar Labs Members and the general
public, to be allocated to the General Fund through the SFC. A simple
payment method will be implemented (e.g. Pay Pal, credit/debit cards)
ensuring tax-exemption where possible.
Tony
On 05/23/2016 10:42 AM, Sean DALY wrote:
Handing over marketing to anyone with a deep pocket is
incomprehensible to me, I'd much rather just see "gold sponsor status"
or something similar. Do people really need the recognition?
I'm also confused about the public statement bit - don't we already
have member pages? Important contributions are made by members who
already donate their time and would perhaps prefer not to donate funds
too, do they get to do a public statement?
Social media offers a very effective means for microdonation
fundraising drives, and we haven't done that yet. As I understand it,
this is more like voluntary membership dues - a fundraising drive
(which would be associated with a tangible goal, e.g. an alternate
hardware platform) would be separate.
In my view, requesting conditions or offering perks shouldn't be
associated with voluntary membership dues. I'd prefer the following:
Motion: To request donations from Sugar Labs Members, to be allocated
to the General Fund through the SFC. The annual donation requested
will be $12 USD from members who self-identify as low-income (such as
students); $36, $120, or $600 USD from general members.
Sean
On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com
<mailto:d...@lab6.com>> wrote:
Hi
Motion: To request a membership donation from each currently
active Sugar Labs Member to be allocated to the General Fund for
the calendar year of 2016, and a public statement about how they
use Sugar and why they are involved in Sugar Labs to post on the
website; there is no penalty for not paying a membership or not
providing a statement; by default members who donate will be kept
private, and requested to opt-in to be recognised. The donation
requested will be $12 USD from members who self-identify as
low-income (such as students); $36 USD from general members; $120
from members who can opt-in to be placed prominently on the
website; and $600 from members who can (privately if they wish)
submit a release codename, subject to SLOB approval.
--
Cheers
Dave
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