Hey all,
100% on your side, Julian!
KDE should try to be independent in the long term view. Therefor, the
financial support of the user base is unavoidable. I see it as the only
way to survive.
I heard that KDE is about to implement CiviCRM. And I saw that there was
already a solution made back in 2014?
https://civicrm.org/blog/tonymazz/donations-made-simply-and-beautifully-with-civicrm
And there is something similar here:
https://civicrm.org/features/contributions
But I think the Board was aware of it already? :)
Cheers,
Uli (KDE Supporter)
On 2020-07-30 16:13, Aleix Pol wrote:
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 7:06 PM XYQuadrat <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Let me preface this email that I do not have a lot of background
knowledge on the monetary policies of KDE and therefore my proposal
might be not sensible at all.
For individuals who want to support KDE on a regular basis, we have the
"Join the game!" initiative (see https://relate.kde.org).
Currently, there is only the option to pay 100€ on a yearly basis or
split those 100€ into 25€ on a quarterly basis.
In my opinion, this is a rather strict and inflexible concept. Regular
donations lead to a more consistent source of donation income since they
fluctuate much less than one-time donations.
I therefore believe that it would be beneficial to allow people to
donate less/more on a regular basis.
One option is to simply allow anyone to donate a customizable amount per
year (with some minimal amount of say 10€), instead of the fixed 100€.
Another option would be to introduce the by now often used concept of
tiers - fixed amounts that then grant some small benefit such as being
named on a KDE website, receiving a small "Thank You" card or similar.
These tiers would then cover a wider range of amounts (e.g. 10€ - 50 € -
100 € - 250€ - 500€).
What do people think about this? (Of course, in the end this requires
approval of the board. But I think this shouldn't be all too
controversial of a change.)
Best regards,
Julian / xyquadrat
Hi,
Yes, this has been planned for a while, it was never executed for
technical reasons we are still trying to address.
I am hopeful we'll get there soon enough.
Thanks for caring!
Aleix
PS: as for the right place to discuss this, I'd say it's okay to bring
up the issues here as it's a place where we all get to speak our
minds. In cases such as this one where it's more about taking action,
I'd like to remind everyone we have a Fundraising Working Group. If
anyone wants to join and help, you can reach out to
[email protected].
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