Hi, Florian Just out of curiosity, do you know the effective participation of Brazil in donations? It may be a percentage.
Rgds, Luiz Oliveira > Hi, > > Congratulations, this demonstrates the power of community. Viva LibreOffice > and freedom. > > Clóvis > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Florian Effenberger < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> Thousands of donors contribute €50,000 in just eight days to The Document >> Foundation >> >> LibreOffice Community accomplishes next major milestone >> Ongoing donations to support marketing, infrastructure and development >> >> >> The Community around LibreOffice, the free personal productivity suite, has >> accomplished the next major milestone in establishing The Document >> Foundation as a legal entity. In just eight days, some 2,000 donors from all >> over the world contributed €50,000 for the capital stock necessary to set-up >> the legal entity in Germany. >> >> "We still can't believe it," says Florian Effenberger, Steering Committee >> member. "It happened in such a short period of time and was beyond our >> wildest expectations. You all really rock! On behalf of the Community, the >> Steering Committee would like to thank all the donors for their generous >> support." >> >> The €50,000 collected will form the Foundation's paid-up capital, ensuring >> a permanent future for the organization after the legal paperwork is >> complete, based in Germany. The capital will be frozen assets for the >> Foundation: the funds cannot be spent, and we will be able to avail just the >> annual interest. All money donated from now on will actually bankroll our >> ongoing running costs for things such as marketing, hardware, >> infrastructure, attending trade shows, initial financing of merchandising >> material and, of course, developing new and exciting ideas. >> >> "So we still need your support: Every donation helps to pay for our future >> operational running," Effenberger adds. >> >> Details on how to donate to The Document Foundation and how the money will >> be spent are available at http://challenge.documentfoundation.org >> >> Information about LibreOffice can be found at http://www.libreoffice.org >> The home of The Document Foundation is at >> http://www.documentfoundation.org >> >> >> About The Document Foundation >> >> The Document Foundation has the mission of facilitating the evolution of >> the LibreOffice community into a new, open, independent, and meritocratic >> organization over the next few months. An independent Foundation is a better >> reflection of the values of our contributors, users and supporters, and will >> enable a more effective, efficient and transparent community. TDF will >> protect past investments by building on the achievements of the first >> decade, will encourage wide participation within the community, and will >> co-ordinate activity across the community. >> >> Media Contacts >> >> Florian Effenberger (Germany) >> Mobile: +49 151 14424108 - E-mail: [email protected] >> Olivier Hallot (Brazil) >> Mobile: +55 21 88228812 - E-mail: [email protected] >> Charles H. Schulz (France) >> Mobile: +33 6 98655424 - E-mail: [email protected] >> Italo Vignoli (Italy) >> Mobile: +39 348 5653829 - E-mail: [email protected] >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ >> *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** >> >> >> > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
