Thanks for the info, Venka. We're looking into other options. Markus found this, which looks promising:
https://opencollective.com/ Moritz Am 6. Februar 2021 04:16:27 MEZ schrieb VENKATESH RAGHAVAN <ragha...@osaka-cu.ac.jp>: >Hi Moritz, > >I do not know why the PayPal lists only >countries of residence in the EU and Americas. > >Perhaps since the PayPal account is linked >to the Belgian Bank. > >Bank transfer rates are high, so bank is >not a good option, I think. > >You could consider accepting Gift Vouchers (Amazon etc.) >maybe. > >Best > >Venka > >On 2/5/2021 10:48 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: >> Hi Venka, >> >> [Putting the PSC in CC as this is an important question.] >> >> We have a bank account (in €) in a Belgian bank. So bank transfer is another >> option, but I'm not sure how feasible this is from Asia. >> >> This might be something to raise with OSGeo: creating a worldwide system for >> collecting sponsorship money that sponsors can dedicate to specific >> projects. Not sure that the relatively small amounts we collect for GRASS >> GIS warrant the establishment of such a system only for us. >> >> Best wishes, >> Moritz >> >> Am 5. Februar 2021 14:11:04 MEZ schrieb Venkatesh Raghavan >> <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>: >>> Hi Moritz Lennert, >>> >>> Thanks for all the great work by the GRASS Team!! >>> >>> Is there any other way to sponsor apart from using >>> PayPal? >>> >>> Choosing "Pay as Guest" and "Pay by debit card" >>> does not list any country in Asia (or any country >>> in the southern hemisphere) under "Country or region of residence". >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Venka >>> >>> >>> On 2/5/2021 9:38 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote: >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> We just received our very first sponsorship contribution of 2021 (thank >>>> you !) and we want to take this occasion to thank all those who sponsored >>>> us last year and remind you that the GRASS >>>> GIS project needs financial support in order to: >>>> >>>> - organize very valuable face-to-face meetings and sprints gathering >>>> developers and the wider community for a few days to concentrate on >>>> improving GRASS GIS >>>> >>>> - fund specific fixes or enhancements (this year the use of >>>> micro-budgets for such fixes is planned) >>>> >>>> - maintain our website >>>> >>>> - produce marketing material to spread the word >>>> >>>> You can see the list of past individual and corporate sponsors here: >>>> >>>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sponsors >>>> >>>> As you can see, no amount is too small: if all GRASS GIS users give just >>>> a small amount regularly, we will already have a sizeable budget to work >>>> with ! And I challenge you to find software that does all that GRASS GIS >>>> does for 5€/$ or 10 €/$ a year ;-) >>>> >>>> So, just go to https://grass.osgeo.org/contribute/sponsoring/ and help >>>> us make GRASS GIS better. >>>> >>>> If you want to see more details about how we use the money, note that >>>> the project budgets are public. For 2021 see >>>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Budget_2021. >>>> >>>> The GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> grass-user mailing list >>>> grass-u...@lists.osgeo.org >>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user >>>> >>> > _______________________________________________ grass-psc mailing list grass-psc@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc
