Re: Question for the candidates : money !

2010-06-05 Thread Emily Chen
Hi Lionel, Brian has already given a good answer about fundraising. I would like to offer some ideas from my point of view. 1. We could sell GNOME merchandise on GNOME stores/websites in different countries around the world. For example we can host a GNOME store in China using Taobao[1], the

Re: Question for the candidates : money !

2010-06-04 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 15:11 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote: Lionel: I've a question about GNOME business model and sustanability. As we have seen with the fundrising to hire a sysadmin, money is often a blocking point. The current business model seems to be donations. Actually, The GNOME

Question for the candidates : money !

2010-06-01 Thread Lionel Dricot
Hi my dear candidates, I've a question about GNOME business model and sustanability. As we have seen with the fundrising to hire a sysadmin, money is often a blocking point. The current business model seems to be donations. Do you think that donations are good ? Good enough ? Do you plan to work

Re: Question for the candidates : money !

2010-06-01 Thread Brian Cameron
Lionel: I've a question about GNOME business model and sustanability. As we have seen with the fundrising to hire a sysadmin, money is often a blocking point. The current business model seems to be donations. Actually, The GNOME Foundation acquires money from several sources: - Advisory

Re: Question for the candidates : money !

2010-06-01 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hi, El mar, 01-06-2010 a las 15:11 -0500, Brian Cameron escribió: Do you plan to work on this business model ? Do you have any proposals ? - The board is currently working to develop a program to allow companies and organizations to donate money. This program would be directed at