----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:09 PM Subject: Re: a modest proposal - Debian needs more $
> On 12 Feb 2002, Roderick Cummings wrote: > > >From: Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > >Subject: Re: a modest proposal - Debian needs more $ > > >Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:21:27 -0600 > > > > > > > I assume the reason why US-based people have it easy when they make > > donations is because the treasurer is in the US. For whatever the reason, I > > say rather than force debian to build some complicated financial structure, > > people who don't have trivial access to US Dollars and/or an easy way to > > send them to debian should take the extra effort and cost to convert/send > > the cash. Consider that part of your donation. > > > > Surely the point is to increase the number of donations rather than to > make the givers feel a greater sense of virtue. The more complicated it > is, the more people will just give up. > > I'm no kind of expert on financial matters, but would it be difficult > for Debian to have a credit card facility which people outside the USA > could use to transfer money without too great a penalty? I am in total agreement with this. I wanted to donate some money to debian - not much but just a little and more often. However, the effort of sending money to debian far outweighs the "feel good factor." Being able to contribute using credit card would be great - even if its using paypal or such. Regards, Shri
