Greetings, > 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. >
I think if the amount is small the best thing would be that Christian give his account number and the amount is transfered that way. I have worked with NGO's and found it more difficult to provide accounts for what the money was spent on and I suggest that who ever give some small amount could make a private arrangement with Christian. > 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. > As I said above. If you know Christian and the work he is doing for us then send him a private payment and ask no account. with metta Mettavihari
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