Building Sustainable Funding for Debian (was: Re: Bits from the DPL)

[Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org>]

Hi,

Em 22/05/2025 12:59, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana escreveu:
> Em 09/05/2025 02:15, Andreas Tille escreveu:
> > Building Sustainable Funding for Debian
> > =======================================
> >
> > Debian incurs ongoing expenses to support its
> > infrastructure--particularly hardware maintenance and upgrades--as 
> > well as
> > to fund in-person meetings like sprints and mini-DebConfs. These
> > investments are essential to our continued success: they enable
> > productive collaboration and ensure the robustness of the operating
> > system we provide to users and derivative distributions around the
> > world.
> >
> > While DebConf benefits from generous sponsorship, and we regularly
> > receive donated hardware, there is still considerable room to grow our
> > financial base--especially to support less visible but equally critical
> > activities. One key goal is to establish a more constant and predictable
> > stream of income, helping Debian plan ahead and respond more flexibly to
> > emerging needs.
> >
> > This presents an excellent opportunity for contributors who may not be
> > involved in packaging or technical development. Many of us in Debian are
> > engineers first--and fundraising is not something we've been trained to
> > do. But just like technical work, building sustainable funding requires
> > expertise and long-term engagement.
> >
> > If you're someone who's passionate about Free Software and has
> > experience with fundraising, donor outreach, sponsorship acquisition, or
> > nonprofit development strategy, we would deeply value your help.
> > Supporting Debian doesn't have to mean writing code. Helping us build a
> > steady and reliable financial foundation is just as important--and could
> > make a lasting impact.
>
> I would like to help with that.
>
> Just a note: it would be nice to have a BoF about this topic.
>
> https://debconf25.debconf.org/talks/

I sent now to DebConf25 the proposal "Debian Financials BoF".

Best regards,

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Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)
Belo Horizonte - Brasil
Debian Developer
Site: http://phls.com.br
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