On 4/5/13 12:38 AM, Joseph Schaefer wrote: > FWIW last time I checked there was a huge increase > in paypal donations once OpenOffice adjusted it's > contribution page accordingly. >
that is what I have expected of course. I know the numbers of the past ;-) But we can do better and can benefit all from more. Juergen > > On Apr 4, 2013, at 6:21 PM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Raphael Bircher wrote: >>> Am 04.04.13 14:22, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: >>>> And opinions or further ideas how we can improve this? It shouldn't be a >>>> big problem for us to collect the money we need. >>> I disagree. Yes, we can help with foundings for ASF, but please do this >>> on ASF Level. Founding money is not the task of a ASF project, It's the >>> task for the foundation. >> >> The Foundation is made by its projects, so OpenOffice should definitely help >> with fundraising. Consider that OpenOffice (downloads excluded!) generates >> as much web traffic as all the other Apache projects put together, or >> something reasonably close to that. Also, the OpenOffice infrastructure >> requirements (buildbots, management) generates additional expenses for the >> Foundation that only benefit the OpenOffice project. >> >> In short: if OpenOffice can use its web traffic and popularity to drive more >> donations to the Foundation, it will surely directly benefit from most of >> them. So I agree with Juergen that we should solicit donations. >> >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
