On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Juergen Schmidt <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 1/16/10 11:04 PM, Bernhard Dippold wrote: > >> Hi mak, all, >> >> mak schrieb: >> >>> >>> Here is a draft of details, we can flex as per budget you may allow. >>> * >>> DVD (500 pcs. X 50 bdt) = 25,000 bdt* >>> >> As 100 bdt are around 1 Euro, this means 250 € for 500 DVD. >> >> Generally CDs and DVDs are not given away for free, but for a small >> amount of money - either the costs we have or a small donation. >> > i would say that it is always appreciated but not a fixed requirement or > always necessary. Especailly in some countries i would give them for free > and i am sure it is worth the investment. > And it really depends if you give CD's to everyone or only after some talk > with interested people. > That's a sure thing we do, without minimum interest / enthu no one is going to get a DVD for free. Thanks Schimdt for comprehending the need to giving away DVD for free, I can't visualize the circumstances in my country to the people living on other hemisphere. The unique selling point of FOSS isn't the same for me. Anyway, my organization is sharing the cost of the DVD. > Juergen > > >> This avoids people to take them as free gifts and throw them away >> afterwards. >> In Europe about 1 Euro is not really much - everybody interested in a >> copy of OOo will be able to pay that much, but for Bangladesh I don't >> know if it is reasonable to ask for money at all or what would be a >> comparable amount of money. >> >> 1 Euro in Europe means about 1/2000 of the money an average employee >> takes home every month. >> >>> *T-Shirt (20 X 100 bdt) = 2,000 bdt * >>> This is for active OO.o volunteer, mostly l10n contributors, this >>> would be >>> the first time we can reconcile their efforts. >>> >> +1 >> >> The other proposed expenses seem reasonable for me (it's not comparable >> to European prices), so I'd support your request. >> >> Dear Florian, if it's ok from all and you, can you tell me the exact amount you are considering, so that I can initiate producing the swags locally. > Best regards >> >> Bernhard >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > -- > Sun Microsystems GmbH Juergen Schmidt > Nagelsweg 55 Technical Lead Programmability > 20097 Hamburg, Germany > > Registered Office: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 > Kirchheim-Heimstetten > Commercial register of the Local Court of Munich: HRB 161028 > Managing Directors: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer > Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Martin Haering > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ----------------------- Mahay Alam Khan gpg key: 4FDD30FB http://twitpic.com/photos/mahayalamkhan
