[Marketing] [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

[Sean DALY]

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> 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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