Isn't UnaMesa a non-profit anyway? "The UnaMesa Association is a non-profit, world-wide association of individuals from industry, academia, and NGOs that help caregivers and educators create better experiences for their clients through free software tools and web services. "
Perhaps one way to go is make closer links with UnaMesa and for TW fans to promote TW in this context..... Alex [1] http://unamesa.org/ On 24 February 2012 14:42, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > On Feb 24, 2012, at 4:07 AM, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > >> - Selling TiddlyWiki commemorative mugs and T-shirts, with special >> limited editions, mugs signed by Eric and so on > > This will be a *very* hard way to raise funds. Other ways suggested are more > realistic. I would be willing to be a paying associate. Which I take it would > not be required, but might come with some minor privileges that nonpaying > users might want to have. > > One option not mentioned, that, at least here in the US is by far and away > the most lucrative way for nonprofits to support themselves, is to ask for > gifts--not investments--from people of means who [a] believe in what you're > doing or could be persuaded that what you're doing is worthwhile, and, most > important, [c] who could become an active part of your community in some way. > [Three quarters of all nongovernmental funding for nonprofits in the US comes > through what is known as individual donor fundraising--asking for gifts, > especially from people who meet the above conditions. Though it's the first > thing people think of, foundation grants pale in comparison.] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > "Hatred destroys. Love heals." > > - Eknath Easwaran > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
