From: Nathan E Norman <nnorman@micromuse.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: a modest proposal - Debian needs more $ Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:21:27 -0600
I assume the reason why US-based people have it easy when they make donations is because the treasurer is in the US. For whatever the reason, I say rather than force debian to build some complicated financial structure, people who don't have trivial access to US Dollars and/or an easy way to send them to debian should take the extra effort and cost to convert/send the cash. Consider that part of your donation.
When handling money things get complicated. Feelings get hurt. Just for instance, what if a debian "financial agent/collector" gets mugged on his way to the bank, and suddenly a couple of hundred is missing? How would debian investigate? Did he just keep the cash and make up a story? There are lots of ways to contribute. If where you are at is particularly hard to get cash to debian, then there are a lot of other things you could do:
Help with the debian booth at any local/regional events. If you can't spend all day at one, drive the people who do to the event, spend 45 minutes carrying heavy stuff to the booth. Drop by with lunch. Cut to measure all the CAT5 they'll need. Let couple of debianites sleep at your house, etc, etc.
Specifically spend time answering debian questions here and elsewhere. If you can program, fix something!Download the latest and greatest, put lots of effort into testing and really locate the source of the problem. Post the kind of bugreports someone can do something about.
Buy a fast, fat SCSI harddrive, a fat chunk of ECC, or any one high quality commercial-grade part and ship it to debian.
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