Author: tridge Date: 2007-12-24 21:18:06 +0000 (Mon, 24 Dec 2007) New Revision: 1166
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=1166 Log: update donations page Modified: trunk/donations.html Changeset: Modified: trunk/donations.html =================================================================== --- trunk/donations.html 2007-12-23 18:14:18 UTC (rev 1165) +++ trunk/donations.html 2007-12-24 21:18:06 UTC (rev 1166) @@ -32,51 +32,34 @@ <pre> Samba Team - 26 Carstensz st - Griffith, ACT - 2603 Australia + c/o The Software Freedom Conservancy + 1995 BROADWAY FL 17 + NEW YORK NY 10023-5882 </pre> +Note that the Software Freedom Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) charity in +the USA, so donations in the USA may be tax-deductible. + <h3>Corporate donations</h3> <p>If you would like to make a larger corporate donation then we would certainly like to discuss that. Please send a email to -<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> or talk -to any Samba Team member.</p> +<a +href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> +or talk to any Samba Team member.</p> <h3>Why do we need money?</h3> -<p>You may be wondering why the Samba Team needs money now, when we have -survived for 10 years without asking for donations. The main expenses that we -have are travel expenses for team members to the major Samba related conferences -and expenses for running the main samba.org site. We occasionally -have other expenses (eg. small pieces of hardware and books) but that is less -common.</p> +<p>You may be wondering why the Samba Team needs money. The main +expenses that we have are travel expenses for team members to the +major Samba related conferences and expenses for running the main +samba.org site. We occasionally have other expenses (eg. small pieces +of hardware and books) but that is less common.</p> -<p>A good example of our travel expenses is the <a -href="http://www.cifs2002.org/";>CIFS'2002 -conference</a> in San Jose. We have eleven team members attending this year and -while most of them are covered by the company they work for, we do need to -provide international travel and accomodation for 4 people.</p> +<p>A good example of our travel expenses is the CIFS conference in +San Jose. We usually have between ten and fifteen team members +attending each year and while most of them are covered by the company +they work for, we do need to provide international travel and +accomodation for some of them.</p> -<p>Our other major expense is the hosting of the main samba.org server. Up till -now we have used servers generously provided by various vendors, but we are now -looking at the possibility of moving to a commercial dedicated hosting provider. -We are evaluating offers from several providers that have offered us very large -discounts, but even with that it looks like we will need about US$200 a -month.</p> - -<p>We do already have a good cash reserve from the Linus Torvalds/IDG prize we -received at the 2001 Linuxworld expo, but that won't last forever and is being -quickly eroded.</p> - -<h3>Recent donations</h3> - -<p>Thanks very much to everyone that has donated!</p> - -<table border="1"> -<tr bgcolor="#cfcfff"><th>Name</th><th>Amount</th></tr> -<!--#include virtual="donations_list.html" --> -</table> - <!--#include virtual="/samba/footer.html" -->
