[IAEP] Fwd: Re: [SLOBS] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

[Tony Anderson]

I agree completely. However, if the donations are requested, I think we 
should suggest 'typical' amounts. This is a world-wide organization so 
we need
to be careful about defining 'self-identifying as low-income'.

So I would amend the motion to

Motion: To request donations from Sugar Labs Members and the general 
public, to be allocated to the General Fund through the SFC. A simple 
payment method will be implemented (e.g. Pay Pal, credit/debit cards) 
ensuring tax-exemption where possible.

Tony

On 05/23/2016 10:42 AM, Sean DALY wrote:
> Handing over marketing to anyone with a deep pocket is 
> incomprehensible to me, I'd much rather just see "gold sponsor status" 
> or something similar. Do people really need the recognition?
>
> I'm also confused about the public statement bit - don't we already 
> have member pages? Important contributions are made by members who 
> already donate their time and would perhaps prefer not to donate funds 
> too, do they get to do a public statement?
>
> Social media offers a very effective means for microdonation 
> fundraising drives, and we haven't done that yet. As I understand it, 
> this is more like voluntary membership dues - a fundraising drive 
> (which would be associated with a tangible goal, e.g. an alternate 
> hardware platform) would be separate.
>
> In my view, requesting conditions or offering perks shouldn't be 
> associated with voluntary membership dues. I'd prefer the following:
>
> Motion: To request donations from Sugar Labs Members, to be allocated 
> to the General Fund through the SFC. The annual donation requested 
> will be $12 USD from members who self-identify as low-income (such as 
> students); $36, $120, or $600 USD from general members.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com 
> <mailto:dave at lab6.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi
>
>     Motion: To request a membership donation from each currently
>     active Sugar Labs Member to be allocated to the General Fund for
>     the calendar year of 2016, and a public statement about how they
>     use Sugar and why they are involved in Sugar Labs to post on the
>     website; there is no penalty for not paying a membership or not
>     providing a statement; by default members who donate will be kept
>     private, and requested to opt-in to be recognised. The donation
>     requested will be $12 USD from members who self-identify as
>     low-income (such as students); $36 USD from general members; $120
>     from members who can opt-in to be placed prominently on the
>     website; and $600 from members who can (privately if they wish)
>     submit a release codename, subject to SLOB approval.
>
>     --
>     Cheers
>     Dave
>
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