Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

On 23 May 2016 at 12:57, Sean DALY wrote: > Let's be as serious about marketing as we are about coding. > $600 is plenty serious :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Using gitorious we are running this experiment for $0, which is why I'm > keen to get the move to github over with :) Let's be as serious about marketing as we are about coding. Sean

Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

Hi On 23 May 2016 at 10:26, Sean DALY wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> Offering to suggest a codename is hardly "handing over marketing." Let's >> experiment! :) > > > > Let's experiment with random code to be inserted

Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Offering to suggest a codename is hardly "handing over marketing." Let's > experiment! :) Let's experiment with random code to be inserted anywhere, for only $600! :) ___ IAEP

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Re: [SLOBS] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

Hi! On 23 May 2016 at 09:44, Tony Anderson wrote: > I am not aware of any method to donate money to Sugar Labs. I understand > we need to make the donations to SFC and somehow have the money arrive in > our funds. > That's right. The #1 service for member projects

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Re: [SLOBS] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

Hi, Dave I am not aware of any method to donate money to Sugar Labs. I understand we need to make the donations to SFC and somehow have the money arrive in our funds. This needs to be made very clear on the web site. I am not referring to 'lying', I am referring to asking the question. If it

Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

On 23 May 2016 at 08:53, Dave Crossland wrote: > I will mention this in the solicitation email. > I updated the draft, and I invite everyone to comment and suggest changes :) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPQRFvCwj-Az79PB3Y85aK8Pv5Sl1EODs07m9phAS5U/edit#

Re: [IAEP] Fwd: Re: [SLOBS] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

Hi On 23 May 2016 at 09:07, Tony Anderson wrote: > I agree completely. However, if the donations are requested, I think we > should suggest 'typical' amounts. > Both my and Sean's motions include suggested amounts :) > This is a world-wide organization so we need to be

[IAEP] Fwd: Re: [SLOBS] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

I agree completely. However, if the donations are requested, I think we should suggest 'typical' amounts. This is a world-wide organization so we need to be careful about defining 'self-identifying as low-income'. So I would amend the motion to Motion: To request donations from Sugar

Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

Hi Sean! On 23 May 2016 at 04:42, Sean DALY wrote: > Handing over marketing to anyone with a deep pocket is incomprehensible to > me, I'd much rather just see "gold sponsor status" or something similar. Do > people really need the recognition? > Offering to suggest a

Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

On 23 May 2016 at 00:14, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > Would it be possible to rephrase this to make it a tax-deductible (at > least in the US) donation request routed through the SFC rather than > sounding like membership dues? > I intent it to be like membership dues. All

Re: [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

Handing over marketing to anyone with a deep pocket is incomprehensible to me, I'd much rather just see "gold sponsor status" or something similar. Do people really need the recognition? I'm also confused about the public statement bit - don't we already have member pages? Important contributions