Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Gaurav Paliwal said on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 01:01:16PM +0530,: Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:01:16 +0530 From: Gaurav Paliwal gaurav.paliwal1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware To: ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org References

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Nandeep Mali n9986.m...@gmail.com wrote: There is a field on the donation form that says: In the name of If you would like to make this donation in someone else's name, please enter it here. Otherwise, leave it blank. So who is this going to be? In the name

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Nalin Savara
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Narendra, please go ahead. Too bad I would be coming there in person, else mine would have been one of the largest donations. ***Too bad I would be coming there in person, else mine would have ***-- I think you made a

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Nalin Savara said on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:20:06AM -0800,: Narendra, please go ahead. Too bad I would be coming there in person, else mine would have been one of the largest donations. ***Too bad I would be coming there in person, else mine would have ***-- I think you made a

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)
On Saturday 15 Jan 2011, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: IMO, you should contact them before you run a fundraiser on their behalf. Else, you are setting a bad precedent. Why? Any random guy can come around, make a few posts on some random mailing list claiming to support FLOSS, and then start fund

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: This is what Narendra wrote in his first post.   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

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Narendra Sisodiya said on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:06:49PM +0530,: You have not answered the question - is the fund raiser for FSF-I or FSF-B? FSF-B IMO, you should contact them before you run a fundraiser on their behalf. Else, you are setting a bad precedent. Any random guy can

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Narendra Sisodiya said on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:06:49PM +0530,:   You have not answered the question - is the fund raiser for FSF-I or   FSF-B?     FSF-B IMO, you should contact them before you run a fundraiser on

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread satyaakam goswami
Cannot you check their website ? Do one think, just give 5 second to visit this website http://www.fsf.org/ After clicking that website , checkout the banner on the TOP,, Can not you read they are asking for funds ? So I am just helping those guys who want to pay them in cash,, what the big

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread satyaakam goswami
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: satyaakam goswami said on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 07:31:09PM +0530,: first i tried for option 1 , even though i checked paypal option , after my registration i got an option to renew using CC it did not accept Paypal

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Narendra Sisodiya said on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:38:26AM +0530,: Cannot you check their website ? Do one think, just give 5 second to visit this website http://www.fsf.org/ I have been visiting that site for more than a decade now. After clicking that website , checkout the banner on

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Gaurav Paliwal
What is the assurance that the funds I pay you reaches the FSF? What narendra is trying to say is that on 16th Jan 2010 , he will donate the money to fsf on the spot on others behalf if others don't have online banking facility.He is not collecting money , he is just providing his credit/debit

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Gaurav Paliwal
What narendra is trying to say is that on 16th Jan 2010 , he will donate the money to fsf on the spot on others behalf if others don't have online banking facility.He is not collecting money , he is just providing his credit/debit card on 16th Jan 2010 if other don't have that facility but

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Nandeep Mali
There is a field on the donation form that says: In the name of If you would like to make this donation in someone else's name, please enter it here. Otherwise, leave it blank. So who is this going to be? ___ Ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Narendra Sisodiya said on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:49:40PM +0530,: Its not a question of whom to donate. You have not answered the question - is the fund raiser for FSF-I or FSF-B? It is not relevant is, I am afraid, evading the question. checkout fsf.org, many who want to donate do not

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
satyaakam goswami said on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:26:50AM +0530,: i am one of them but am unlucky to receive the blessings , since for some reasons i wanted to pay using paypal and there form was accepting using CC only , anyone had some luck paying using paypal to FSF Boston?

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread satyaakam goswami
https://my.fsf.org/donate The page clearly says you can make donations using PayPal. And there is a radio button below where you choose to pay using PayPal. i am actually talking about two different things 1) associate membership 2) donation first i tried for option 1 , even though i

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
satyaakam goswami said on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 07:31:09PM +0530,: first i tried for option 1 , even though i checked paypal option , after my registration i got an option to renew using CC it did not accept Paypal so did the 2 option using paypal . And what did the webadmins at FSF say

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Narendra Sisodiya said on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:49:40PM +0530,:   Its not a question of whom to donate. You have not answered the question - is the fund raiser for FSF-I or FSF-B? FSF-B It is not relevant is, I am

[ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
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

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread Nagarjuna G
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

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Nagarjuna G nagar...@gnowledge.org wrote: 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

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
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

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread satyaakam goswami
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