Am Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:05:16 +0000
schrieb Rebecca <[email protected]>:
> I don't have the technical expertise or any of the skills needed for
> administrative tasks, etc., but I was unaware there were financial
> difficulties with regard to maintaining the server. I am not in a
> particularly good financial situation but this program and its
> maintenance is important to me, and I would be happy to contribute at
> least a small amount monthly to its continued existence. How much
> money do we need to be raising, say, on a monthly, or annual basis?
> Could this be done via Paypal? Perhaps a donate button on the main
> page?
The financial difficulties are no big issue compared to the
administrative difficulties. cinelerra.org needs someone who will work
a few hours every month to keep the things running and up to date.
Thats *much* more valuable than money in the current situation.
Also I have to explain how the server is currently financed:
cinelerra.org is *not* a public organization which can collect
donations. So far (and I hope in this will work in future) there are a
loose group of people. I've rented a server and some people give me
money for hosting vservers on it on a private/non-commercial basis.
This is all a private thing, nothing tax deductible and neither I,
nor someone no one else, except the hosting company, making any profit
from it. I can not ask for donations and at least if anyone wants to
cover the server expenses this should be coordinated in a transparent
way. I now pay for the server and I am rather more uncomfortable
with the opposite when strangers send me 'donations' and no one else has
some insight into this.
Christian
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