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 larg

Re: Question for the candidates : money !

2010-06-04 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On 05/31/2010 07:45 AM, Lionel Dricot wrote: 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 enoug

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, Th

Re: Question for the candidates : money !

2010-06-01 Thread Paul Cutler
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, Th

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 direct

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 Boar

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