Xuropa offers FEL free exhibition space

Jeroen van Meeuwen kanarip at kanarip.com
Thu Jan 15 14:03:30 UTC 2009


Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> 2009/1/14 Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>:
>> * Is it possible that such a donation feature may be more trouble to
>> track than it's actually worth?  Can we do the site *without* a
>> donation feature?
> 
> 
> Unless something has changed, I think you'll have a hard time tracking
> any donation inside the existing Red Hat account structure.
> We'd need a separate non-profit methinks. But is it worth it? I think
> it could be, if we were able to have a long standing and very specific
> reason to take donations.
> 

In fact, we've already got a non-profit organization that can bypass the 
Red Hat account structure culprit. And it's definitely worth it.

> Personally I would for example LOVE to see a way for community to
> donate towards the endowment of another Fedora scholarship instead of
> just having Red Hat pony up all the money.. I'd like to see some sort
> of corporate matching challenge with regard to the scholarship
> program.

Noted.

   I even think I mentioned that to Greg at one point.  Or take
> in donations for travel grants for Fedora contributors to apply for to
> go to conferences.
> 

Noted.

;-)

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip




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