<div dir="ltr">Thanks Tony! I've fixed a typo and posted it. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 June 2016 at 11:52, 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dave,<br>
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Simply in repetition, passing a motion is not a goal. <br>
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The motion is:<span class=""><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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Perhaps something like the following:<br>
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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 <br>
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 <br>
in donations toward the goal. <br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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Motion: Sugar Labs<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Tony</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 06/04/2016 07:33 PM, Dave Crossland
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Hi</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 4 June 2016 at 07:33, Tony
Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net" target="_blank">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">If the donation is
voluntary, much of the verbiage is not needed. </div>
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<div>The verbiage is needed to address the concerns of other
board members that it is indeed voluntary :)</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">I am particularly
concerned about asking for a donation and that the
donor justify the amount of the donation based on
income.</div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>The draft text has been available since May 12 and I
have made multiple requests for such suggestions. Here is
the link:</div>
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<div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPQRFvCwj-Az79PB3Y85aK8Pv5Sl1EODs07m9phAS5U/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPQRFvCwj-Az79PB3Y85aK8Pv5Sl1EODs07m9phAS5U/edit</a></div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> 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). <br>
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<div>Cool!</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> 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.<br>
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I agree, but the motion says nothing about how donations will
be made, so that should not prevent the motion from passing. <br clear="all">
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<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Cheers<br>
Dave</div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Cheers<br>Dave</div>
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