Just when I have a thought, Rick sends an email.... On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Rick.Timmis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Vishesh Handa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys > > Kubuntu aims to be *the* most vanilla KDE distribution. Most Kubuntu > members have close ties to KDE, and many are even KDE e.V members. We > all collectively care a lot about KDE. > > One of the ways KDE improves it software is by enabling the developers > to communicate in person. This is done via sprints, and via the yearly > conference of Akademy. Kubuntu has always played a vital part in this > conference and sometimes hosts a special Kubuntu day as well. > > Given this close relationship between us, and how Kubuntu clearly > wants KDE to succeed. Perhaps some of the donations Kubuntu receives > could be upstreamed to KDE. Kubuntu obviously has its own costs, but > perhaps a certain part of your spare budget could be allocated to KDE. > > One simple way of doing this could be by becoming a sponsor for > Akademy. It would increase Kubuntu's already massive popularity, and > I'm sure the KDE Developers would quite appreciate it, and reserve a > cozy place in theirs hearts cause of that. > > Looking forward to hearing from you guys.
I would totally love to do this, but Scarlett's caution is well-said. We have *some* money in the bank, but not enough IMO to put up 1000 euro. > Hi > > At present I am not aware of any mechanism the Kubuntu community has in > place for fund raising. > > I understand we can apply for funds from the Ubuntu flavours fund. > > I would like to see that change, so that Kubuntu can and does raise its own > funds. The issue seems to be creating an administration function for tax and > accounting purposes. This is a role that Canonical provides IIRC. > > Would KDE e.V be in a position to provide such a function ? > > For my part, I have made an open committment onlist to work on Kubuntu > promotion, advocacy and profile. I would be delighted to add fund raising > into that mix. > > Hope this is useful > > Rick Timmis Once we get our own server set up, I really think every page of our site should have a donate button in either the header or footer. And I think it would be a great idea next year to raise 1000 euro for the purpose of sponsoring Akademy. We'd need to start sometime next spring if we want to do this. Thoughts? Valorie -- http://about.me/valoriez -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
