Re: a modest proposal - Debian needs more $
On 12 Feb 2002, Roderick Cummings wrote:
> >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.
>
Surely the point is to increase the number of donations rather than to
make the givers feel a greater sense of virtue. The more complicated it
is, the more people will just give up.
I'm no kind of expert on financial matters, but would it be difficult
for Debian to have a credit card facility which people outside the USA
could use to transfer money without too great a penalty?
[snip]
> 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.
>
Don't think we have many of these in the UK - I can't recall one.
[snip]
>
> Buy a fast, fat SCSI harddrive, a fat chunk of ECC, or any one high quality
> commercial-grade part and ship it to debian.
>
This is fine, but hardly very practical for people living outside the
USA, which was the reason for the original request for a simpler system
for financial donations.
Anthony
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