On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 14:29 +0200, Sophie Gautier wrote: > You can change the 80 % to another area, this is not imho the best way > to ensure the development of a project to direct the funds to only one > area at a time when the overall donations could benefit to a lot of > places in the same time. But again this is my opinion :)
The real issue is transparency. Its not so much about who decides and how, but that all decisions are public knowledge. Charities and public organisations usually publish their accounts and make it clear how the money was spent. In the computer age, giving people the option to donate to specific aspects of a project is not very difficult and neither is publishing the accounts. Some people might be quite happy to just donate without knowing how the money was spent and might donate whatever the case but to maximise contributions, it's necessary to appeal to the widest cross-section of people. I have contributed some money to OOo, but I won't contribute anything else until proper transparent accounting is in place. That is not because I think any financial impropriety is taking place, just that a professional approach requires proper financial procedures. Regards, -- Ian Lynch www.theINGOTs.org www.opendocumentfellowship.org www.schoolforge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
