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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 <br>
to be careful about defining 'self-identifying as low-income'. <br>
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So I would amend the motion to <br>
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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.<br>
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Tony<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/23/2016 10:42 AM, Sean DALY
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<div>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?<br>
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<div>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?<br>
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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.<br>
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In my view, requesting conditions or offering perks
shouldn't be associated with voluntary membership dues. I'd
prefer the following:<br>
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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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Dave
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Hi<br>
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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.<br>
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--<br>
Cheers<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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