<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Hi</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 May 2016 at 04:15, Tony Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net" target="_blank">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">In the case of the GSOC stipend, I assume the total amount is
transferred to SugarLabs. That amount is based on the number of
slots (6) and not on <br>
the number of mentors.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, the total is based on that, but the fraction due to each mentor is not, because we have more mentors than slots.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> The amount is fixed per slot ($500). So SFC
would take $250 </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why would SFC take 50%?<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">and SugarLabs would take $125. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why would SL take 25%</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">This would result in
a balance of $2625 or $262.50 per each of the ten mentors. Each mentor could
individually decide to request the $262.50 or leave it in the
General Fund.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>:)</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
In the case of the membership donation. It appears to be a donation
since there is no penalty. I think it should be a donation request
with the amounts </div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
as an 'expectation'. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't understand. It is called a donation, and thus it is _de facto_ a donation request.</div><div><br></div><div>If you would like to amend the text I drafted, please use the suggestions feature of Google Docs.</div><div><br></div><div>If you would like to see donations solicited in totally different way, please draft a counter motion and post it. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">I don't understand the 'rewards' for larger
donations. What is a release codename?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Its a long tradition in software projects to have names for releases; Microsoft's codenames in the 90s were cities - Windows 95 was Cairo - and most major free software projects use them:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames</a> </div><div><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/History_of_Fedora_release_names">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/History_of_Fedora_release_names</a><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_release_history">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_release_history</a> </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
More importantly, I think the first step is to provide a simple way
for members or non-members to donate to support Sugar Labs. Is this
paypal, credit card or .... Is this something that SFC must provide
or can SugarLabs do this on its own?<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>The donate link on the wiki was not working, I didn't retrieve a working link yet, but when I do I will get it back on the website :) I'd be very grateful if you could help with this :D<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- </div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_signature">Cheers<br>Dave</div>
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