Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-18 Thread sankarshan
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:52 AM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We could definitely do a student supporter. The Linux Foundation

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-18 Thread Stormy Peters
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:21 AM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.comwrote: I am sorry I could not comprehend the question. What I intended to convey that perhaps the Marketing team could create a 10 USD contribution aimed at students. The usual question that crops up is how do we know

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-18 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, sankarshan wrote: I am sorry I could not comprehend the question. I think that Stormy was asking if you had ideas for what the student option would be. What I intended to convey that perhaps the Marketing team could create a 10 USD contribution aimed at students. What the Linux

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-17 Thread sankarshan
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We could definitely do a student supporter. The Linux Foundation does this and recently added a Christmas option for them. This is nice to know. Thank you. Another aspect that struck me was that the Friends aspect is

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-17 Thread Stormy Peters
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:52 AM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We could definitely do a student supporter. The Linux Foundation does this and recently added a Christmas option for them. This is nice to

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-15 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Stormy Peters wrote: So we could experiment. An easy first experiment would be to change the Associate level to $50-500. I'm for that. What do others think? That's a wide band. It's the difference between eating out once groceries for a month for the family. How about $50 - $250? Cheers,

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-15 Thread sankarshan
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Stormy Peters sto...@gnome.org wrote: We have two pieces of data: 1) Many people give $25. 2) $25 is the minimum you can give and get a gift. Do many people chose Yes for the gift as well ? And some anecdotal data: 1) A handful of people have told me they

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-15 Thread Stormy Peters
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: That's a wide band. It's the difference between eating out once groceries for a month for the family. How about $50 - $250? Right now it is $25-$500. I agree that's a wide band. If we make it $25-$250, we need to add a

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-15 Thread Stormy Peters
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:55 AM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.comwrote: To me that looks a bit scary. The ceiling is 10x the floor, that would probably scare away folks who come across the Support page with the idea I cannot afford much, but will they be accepting this amount - looking

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-14 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Stormy Peters wrote: Interesting thoughts and data on the Eclipse fundraising program: http://ianskerrett.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/a-successful-open-source-fundraising-campaign/ It raises an interesting question - how much does the FoG campaign net? How much has it cost us in gifts

Re: Friends of Eclipse

2009-12-14 Thread Stormy Peters
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:30 AM, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, Stormy Peters wrote: Interesting thoughts and data on the Eclipse fundraising program: http://ianskerrett.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/a-successful-open-source-fundraising-campaign/ It raises an interesting question -