Hi, On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Marcus Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again. > > >>>>> Back when DebConf10, we even sent a press release asking for donations: >>>>> http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100519 >>>>> Some people donated after this, but we didn't exactly track the >>>>> donations >>>>> and we didn't have any proper way of thank you back. >>>> >>>> >>>> I think this should be done again as soon as we have the sponsorship >>>> material ready. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> So this leads to the first possibility: utilize crowdfunding to fund >>>>> DebConf. E.g. we can calculate how much money is to sponsor food and >>>>> accommodation to say 15, 30, 45 and 60 unamed contributors and try to >>>>> raise that incrementally. >>>>> This would take some time to do and also some money depending on >>>>> what we give back. But I think it is worth considering. >>>>> >>>>> Usually the crowdfunding places take a part of the money as fee, but >>>>> maybe we could negotiate with them sponsoring us that amount. >>>> >>>> >>>> This also came to my mind the other day. I'm in favour of further >>>> pursuing this idea. Do you already have an overview of different >>>> crowdsourcing services and their conditions? >>> >>> >>> For the KDE Randa Meeting we are using pledgie to raise funds: >>> >>> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/18045 >>> >>> They take 3% for their 'service'. pledgie has also been used for raising >>> money for LGM11 in Montreal. >>> >>> A realistic target could be to raise ~ 10k through such a platform, imho, >>> >> >> The general success formula for these is that people have to see their >> money will make some discrete, distinctive outcome succeed, e.g. when we >> raise $1million, we will launch a satellite running Debian. The >> significant thing to note here is that if the goal is NOT reached, if we >> only get $900,000, all pledges are refunded and there is no satellite. >> >> Do we want to take such a strong approach with DebConf? >> >> e.g. if the minimum amount to secure the venue is $10k, we tell people >> we are raising $10k and if people don't pledge by 30 September, there is >> no DebConf at all? >> >> Or could we create optional things for DebConf, things that only happen >> if pledge targets are achieved? > > > I personally would like to see this kind of funding as an option. On IRC, > formorer had the idea, to call it 'Adopt a DD' ;) > > We could even give away some merchandise for a minimum donations of $50 > (maybe a special DebConf supporter shirt or something like that). Not sure > if we could handle it, anyhow.
Maybe we could use indiegogo.com. They have option for taking as much money as you collect. It is for bigger percent of fee, 9%, but it's a good option. _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
