Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
Hi. On Di, 2016-03-08 at 11:11 +, Allan Day wrote: > Which address does that initial email get sent from? frie...@gnome.org http://hg.cryptobitch.de/gnome-paypal/file/67703e591bf2/createmail.py#l12 > Is there a way that more people could help out > with this part of the administration? The LWN codes? People could read frie...@gnome.org and respond to requests. The frequency of people asking has been low, though. Cheers, Tobi ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
Hi. On Di, 2016-03-08 at 12:23 +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > Do you know if that covers only Germany, or some other European > countries as well? They said that their (German) tax officer said that their (German) tax exempt status applies to EU member states, due to EU legislation. Of course, your local tax office makes the rules for you, so you better double check before expecting too much. In any case, I recommend asking WHS for a (written) confirmation of your donation to have something tangible to show your tax office. Cheers, Tobi ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
On 2016-03-08 12:20, Tobias Mueller wrote: Hi. On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 11:12:46AM +, Allan Day wrote: I thought that donations were tax deductible in Europe too, though? Donations to WHS are tax deductible. Ah, that was their name! Do you know if that covers only Germany, or some other European countries as well? - Andreas ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
On 2016-03-08 12:12, Allan Day wrote: Andreas Nilsson wrote: ... Maybe something like: "The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization and if you live in the US your donation is tax free. Contact your tax office for more information." That sounds better indeed! I thought that donations were tax deductible in Europe too, though? It might be in certain parts of Europe, and possibly if the Foundation made the agreement with that German organization (that I forgot the name of). I know for sure donations are not tax free/deductible in Sweden (since January 1st 2014). Maybe something like: "The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization and depending on where you live, your donation might be tax deductible. Contact your tax office for more information." I used deductible since it might only be for a certain percentage, or have a max amount, depending on the country. I realize working on the texts over e-mail might be a bit cumbersome, so I dumped some simplifications here https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/friends_of_gnome - Andreas ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
Hi. On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 11:12:46AM +, Allan Day wrote: > I thought that donations were tax deductible in Europe too, though? Donations to WHS are tax deductible. Cheers, Tobi ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
On 2016-03-02 18:46, Allan Day wrote: • The current main page includes the text "GNOME Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and your donation is considered charitable to the extent of applicable law. Consult your tax preparer to determine tax-deductibility." I don't really like the legalese here, particularly "to the extend of applicable law" - I certainly don't know what it means. And "tax preparer" is an odd term. And a lot of people don't have a "tax preparer" - it would be good to give an indication of how they might proceed to claim the tax back. Is this valid only for the US? Or also in other parts of the world? This is how gov.uk [1] phrases it: "Donations by individuals to charity or to community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) are tax free. This is called tax relief." And American Red Cross [2]: "$10.00 is the minimum online donation. All donations are tax deductible." Maybe something like: "The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization and if you live in the US your donation is tax free. Contact your tax office for more information." 1. https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity 2. https://www.redcross.org/donate/nn-0116?campname=donate&campmedium=aspot_unassigned - Andreas ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
Andreas Nilsson wrote: ... > Maybe something like: > "The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization and if you live in the US > your donation is tax free. > Contact your tax office for more information." That sounds better indeed! I thought that donations were tax deductible in Europe too, though? Allan ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: Revisiting the Friends of GNOME webpages
Tobias Mueller wrote: ... >> • How does the LWN subscription work? How do donors find out how to >> use it? > > currently, donors receive an email "when it's time". In that mail, they > are being asked whether they want to receive an LWN token. The donor is > expected to reply to that mail. Thanks for the information, Tobi! Which address does that initial email get sent from? Is there a way that more people could help out with this part of the administration? Allan ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
Re: 3.20 Headline Features
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Allan Day wrote: > 2. A lot of time and effort has gone into Wayland this cycle (and > previous cycles) - it would be good to reflect that in the notes See this. > 3. We need to consider the balance and appearance of the release > headlines in general. If you take out XDG app, what big features do we > have to talk about? > The general app polish and features landed I think are significant. Considerer things like Shortcuts windows add to that. > 4. Is this *the* Wayland moment? I'm particularly thinking about next > release here. If we just missed the mark of being Wayland ready this > cycle, do we still get to say that 3.22 is the big "Wayland is done" > release? If so, we might not want to make such a noise about it this > time round. > A very good point you bring up. Was something I had in mind. In time for the 3.22 release I guess its very likely that *features such as "remote display", "xclipboard proxy", "dnd root window drops" will have landed, hopefully have also the Wayland accessibility story improved. Think it would make more sense to do a bigger push then, yes. *https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Wayland_features describe the features I quote (and more). > 5. My understanding is that Fedora will be promoting the Wayland > session, even if it is not used by default. I wouldn't want GNOME to > miss the train in this regard. > Understand. -- -mvh Oliver Propst ___ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
