Thanks, Dan. I'm in favor of the footer changes you recommend. And I'd like to see the same thing on the Evergreen OPACs.
Shall we have one "Donate" button link to a webpage that provides all of the options available for donating (with an explanation of why one might choose one option over another). Lori On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Dan Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I'd like to suggest the following changes to the Evergreen web site. > > 1) Change the footer of the web site from "© 2008 GPLS | Partially > funded by the Library Services & Technology Act through the Institute of > Museum and Library Services." to "© 2008-2011 GPLS and others" as there > have been many contributors from outside of GPLS to the current web > site - at the same time, this enables us to recognize GPLS for > originating the Evergreen project. > > Ideally "and others" would actually list who holds copyright over the > website content, but that's probably a crazy pipedream that only a > lawyer would chase :) > > 2) Now that the fiscal sponsorship agreement with the Software Freedom > Conservancy is official, replace the getting-long-in-the-tooth > Conference logo with "Donate" links, per the following information from > Bradley Kuhn, director of the Software Freedom Conservancy: > > """ > You can begin soliciting donations via your website (and > elsewhere). > Here are the methods we support: > > (a) Online services: PayPal and Google Checkout > There are custom HTML for each at the bottom of this email; > please place them anywhere you like on our project's website. > Please note that fees are high for PayPal and Google Checkout, > so if you can, encourage your donors to send checks. > > (b) Donations by check. > We can accept check donations drawn in USD from banks in > the USA. (Donations from banks outside of the US or not in > USD should be handled by wire). > > Ask donors to make the check payable to > "Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc." > and to place "Directed donation: PROJECT NAME" in the memo > field. Checks should then be mailed to: > Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. > 137 Montague ST STE 380 > BROOKLYN, NY 11201 USA > > (c) Donations by wire. > We can accept donations via wire, but we usually send the > the instructions on a case-by-case basis as they are > different depending on the country of origin. Please just > note that donors wishing to send a wire contact > <[email protected]>. > """ > > The complete content for donating problem deserves its own (short!) > page so that we can add "Donate" under the now-ambiguous "Contribute" > drop down header. > > Also, please find the HTML for the donate links attached. >
