Re: [Debconf-team] Alternative ways of raising money

[Marcus Moeller <marcus.moeller@gmx.ch>]

On 08/19/2012 07:22 PM, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> Ana Guerrero <ana@debian.org> writes:
> > Back when DebConf10, we even sent a press release asking for donations:
> > http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100519
> > Some people donated after this, but we didn't exactly track the donations
> > and we didn't have any proper way of thank you back.
>
> I think this should be done again as soon as we have the sponsorship
> material ready.
>
> > So this leads to the first possibility: utilize crowdfunding to fund
> > DebConf. E.g. we can calculate how much money is to sponsor food and
> > accommodation to say 15, 30, 45 and 60 unamed contributors and try to
> > raise that incrementally.
> > This would take some time to do and also some money depending on
> > what we give back. But I think it is worth considering.
> >
> > Usually the crowdfunding places take a part of the money as fee, but
> > maybe we could negotiate with them sponsoring us that amount.
>
> This also came to my mind the other day. I'm in favour of further
> pursuing this idea. Do you already have an overview of different
> crowdsourcing services and their conditions?

For the KDE Randa Meeting we are using pledgie to raise funds:

http://pledgie.com/campaigns/18045

They take 3% for their 'service'. pledgie has also been used for raising 
money for LGM11 in Montreal.

A realistic target could be to raise ~ 10k through such a platform, imho,

Greets
Marcus