agree, group donations a good idea . . and can I throw an option into the mix for future - diaspora ( http://diasporaproject.org/) - seems like facebook is determined to kill itself through greed and i wonder if a strong push of support at the right time could increase chances of flight to diaspora rather than (or as well as) google+ / twitter?
25 October 2012 08:56, Ben Sturmfels <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/10/12 10:54, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Would it be a good idea for us to pool a bunch of money and sponsor GNU > > MediaGoblin, with a single large donation in the name of Free Software > > Melbourne? > > This is a great idea! Donations are the best way to contribute to free > software if you earn a comfortable living but don't have the time to > participate directly. I'm just disappointed I've already donated! > > Perhaps we could do group donations regularly; a gold coin donation at > meetings to the free software project of the month. Any thoughts? Of > course it's no different to donating individually, but we would save on > transfer fees and the total is more satisfying. > > Ben S. > > > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
