Don Harbison Program Director, IBM ODF Initiative Tel. +1-978-399-7018 Mobile: +1-978-761-0116 Email: donald_harbi...@us.ibm.com
Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> wrote on 06/08/2011 06:44:35 PM: > From: Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Date: 06/08/2011 06:45 PM > Subject: Re: OOo Monetary Donations > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Andy Brown <a...@the-martin-byrd.net>wrote: > > > Simon Phipps wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Ian Lynch<ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 8 June 2011 22:50, Noel J. Bergman<n...@devtech.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Dave Fisher wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Your donation will go directly towards helping this project. Some of > >>>>> > >>>> the > >>> > >>>> ways > >>>> > >>>>> in which your funds might be used include: > >>>>> ? Hiring independent developers to work with OpenOffice.org. > >>>>> ? Paying for participation at trade shows and conferences. > >>>>> ? Paying for organization and staff at annual OpenOffice.org > >>>>> > >>>> Conference, > >>>> OOoCon. > >>>> > >>>>> ? Marketing banners, collateral, CDs and brochures. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Clearly there ought to be changes to the page and process when/if the > >>>>> > >>>> podling > >>>> > >>>>> happens. This is probably at the ASF Board level... certainly the > >>>>> > >>>> "hiring > >>> > >>>> developers" part doesn't fit... > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Well ... that's an interesting question. While hiring could happen > >>>> > >>> outside > >>> > >>>> of the ASF, AFAIK there is nothing to stop us from accepting funds and > >>>> having a group (analogous to our Travel Assistance process) that offered > >>>> payment, a la Google Code or other. > >>>> > >>>> I do agree that I'd like to see the Board and Membership weigh in on > >>>> that > >>>> discussion if/when it ever becomes one. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Presumably it would also be possible to have a group outside ASF called > >>> eg > >>> Friends of Open Office ( FOO) that raised money and put it to code > >>> development or marketing or whatever. Not saying that is the best way > >>> just > >>> its a possibility. > >>> > >>> > >> Doesn't one of those already exist? > >> > >> S. > >> > >> > > I think your referring to Friends of OpenDocument INC, based out of > > Queensland Australia. See http://www.friendsofopendocument.com/newsite/ > > > > I was actually thinking of Freies Office Deutschland e.V. primarily, > http://www.frodev.org/ > > S. Yes. Clearly. The appeal is now very prominently displayed on TDF homepage. http://www.documentfoundation.org/
