[Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (2 of 2) Sugar Labs donation

[Tony Anderson]

Dave,

Simply in repetition, passing a motion is not a goal.

The motion is:

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.

Perhaps something like the following:

Motion: Sugar Labs will undertake a fund raising drive. Arrangements 
will be made to enable on-line contributions by PayPal, debit or credit 
card or other
means. Once the means to make contributions is in place, the Financial 
Manager will intiate and lead the drive. The Sugar Labs web site will 
show progress
in donations toward the goal.

Tony

Motion: Sugar Labs
Tony

On 06/04/2016 07:33 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> On 4 June 2016 at 07:33, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net 
> <mailto:tony_anderson at usa.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     If the donation is voluntary, much of the verbiage is not needed.
>
>
> The verbiage is needed to address the concerns of other board members 
> that it is indeed voluntary :)
>
>     I am particularly  concerned about asking for a donation and that
>     the donor justify the amount of the donation based on income.
>
>
> Great! Please suggest changes to the text, so that if the motion 
> fails, a new motion can be posted with language that you are happy with.
>
> The draft text has been available since May 12 and I have made 
> multiple requests for such suggestions. Here is the link:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPQRFvCwj-Az79PB3Y85aK8Pv5Sl1EODs07m9phAS5U/edit
>
>     I have no problem with a request for donation with a goal for the
>     total amount needed for some goal (e.g. $4000 for operating
>     expenses).
>
>
> Cool!
>
>     We need a simple on-line method for donations. Sending a letter
>     with a check to the Software Conservancy seems a bit behind
>     current practice.
>
>
> I agree, but the motion says nothing about how donations will be made, 
> so that should not prevent the motion from passing.
>
> -- 
> Cheers
> Dave

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