[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Re: FEDORA DVDs

[David Barzilay]

Hi All,

On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 17:15 +0100, Thijs H wrote:
>         In many cases the media cost is much less than the shipping
>         cost.
>         Further you are from the place being shipped the more you need
>         to order
>         to compensate!

I'm sure ambassadors can come up with alternatives for their different
markets.

We had a related issue in Brazil, where taxes on the DVDs value ended up
close to a monthly minimum wage.

In our case, we suggest shipping the next promotional materials
declaring zero cost (or something like 5 bucks), and as "gifts". So
taxes on the merchandise value will remain relatively small.

Regarding the shipping cost, here are a few alternatives:
. asking for donations through country-lists and paypal
. donations from universities
. donations from related businesses
. creating a local NGO to facilitate operations and offer tax-free
donations receiving
 
> Shouldn't we think about a few distribution-points spread over the
> world? So that an Ambassador can order from Europa, USA or Asia.
> That's cheaper and faster.

No doubt! I believe Alex is already thinking/working on that.

But we can definitely work smarter meanwhile. The least, having sender
and recipient talking through before sending...

Thanks for listening,
--
Dave Barzilay