Marc, The BoD (mostly Thorsten) kind of does that but still this year the forecast is limited as there's the notion that we still are working on a limited, minimalistic budget.
This being said this needs to change and I agree with you that we ought to have prepared this fundraising in a better way. Part of the problem is, members of the BoD and much of the rest of people here are swamped... Best, Charles. Le 7 oct. 2012 16:27, "Marc Paré" <m...@marcpare.com> a écrit : > Hi Florian, > > Le 2012-10-07 07:39, Florian Effenberger a écrit : > >> Hello, >> >> sharing this with the website and marketing list, he has a point here, >> and we're already working to gradually improve the page - the donation >> meter is a first start :) >> >> Florian >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Some notes about donate page >> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 06:08:59 +0330 >> To: webmaster@documentfoundation.**org <webmas...@documentfoundation.org> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I should mention that right now, the total amount of money you target >> for fundrasing is not obvious. I think there should be a target to make >> people get serious about helping to achieve it. Also, clicking on the >> status indicator, does nothing and takes you back to the page you are >> in. A reasonable target budget, and a donation log or status page will >> be great. >> >> Btw, when a user goes to donate page, there is no way to get back to the >> original LibreOffice home using the links available on the page. >> >> > Thanks for sharing. > > I think that Charles' proposal for now seems to make the most sense. I > don't believe that the members of the marketing team have enough > information as to the needs of the project as a whole to give an objective > comment on the bottom line and itemize list of "wants" for the upcoming > year -- it would be better to come from the BoD who have a better "finger > on the pulse" of the project. > > We should put a target amount soon as IMO, we should always start off with > a projected amount before setting up a donation campaign, People want to > know what they are donating towards, and it make them feel like they > belong. The are in fact part of the list of our contributors, its just that > their contribution, rather than being of physical help, is $$$-related. > > I was wondering, does the BoD do any budgetary forecasting? That is, does > the BoD, at some time of the year, take a step back and forecast their > needs for the upcoming year? Is this planned for the conference. If so, > next time, the donation campaign could then be started after the LibOCon. > > Cheers, > > Marc > > -- > Marc Paré > m...@marcpare.com > http://www.parEntreprise.com > parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF) > parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+help@global.** > libreoffice.org <marketing%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**marketing/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
