Nagarjuna G. said on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 09:23:14PM +0530,:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Narendra Sisodiya
> <naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote:
> > I will be speaking on 16 Jan 2011 on Why we should donate to FSF for 10
> > minutes.
> >
> > We are starting a donation drive for FSF on 16 Jan 2011 at Geek Meetup -
> > Cash collected during meetup will be transferred of the Credit Card
> > Holder the he will transfer money to FSF account during meetup itself
> > using his credit card.
> > Everything will happen on the stop itself so loopholes..
> >
> > http://lug-iitd.org/Geek_meetup_-_16_Jan_2011#FSF_Donation_Drive
> >
> > Almost 50+ people are coming, one can donate from 50 INR to 5000 INR.
> > It depends on your pocket money. So Lets make donation to one of the
> > most important organization who is still fighting for digital freedom.
> >
> > If you are unable to attend the meetup and want to donate to FSF, then
> > you do it online - https://my.fsf.org/donate/
> >
>
> would these donations go to FSF Boston or FSF India? Since FSF India
> has no means to get donations in dollars, money sent out of the
> country cannot be spent in India. i recommend the donors to donate to
> FSF India, which can be used for programs within India.
>
More crucial question - does FSF Boston know about this drive?
Since Nagarjuna did not know about this earlier, this is not with
blessings of FSF-I. Obvious.
That said, about 7-8 years back, we were discussing tying up with some
agency for enabling online donations to FSF-I. Is that in place yet?
I know quite a few who would rather volunteer and donate to FSF Boston
rather than FSF-India.
--
Mahesh T. Pai ||
Distributing free copies of non-free software is --
-- like advertising drugs.
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