Re: [TWiki-Dev] Funding TWiki

[Sven D. <Sve...@ho...>]

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In line with this, creating a proper registered non-profit foundation
will allow certain companies to donate hardware (in line with corporate
policy) so we really should strongly consider something that allows it...

Sven

Crawford Currie wrote:
> A recent adopter contacted me recently to ask how their (small) company
> can donate money to the TWiki project. They feel that Dakar release is a
> major step forward, and want to give real monetary recognition to the
> TWiki developers.
> 
> They are aware of the sourceforge donation mechanism, but there is no
> way to donate money to anywhere except a registered individual at the
> moment. I am registered, but I'm not sure how many other people are, and
> besides, they want to donate to the *project*, not to an individual.
> It's hard for someone to make a generic "thanks team" donation (except
> to Katrina victims**)
> 
> It would be really good if there was a mechanism by which worldwide
> companies could show their appreciation and help keep the project going.
> The income is unlikely to be large, but it might conceivably be used for
> good works, such as getting us a decent server for DEVELOP****.
> 
> Some possible approaches:
> 
>    1. One person is trusted to accept, manage, and distribute the cash
>    2. Set up a non-profit foundation to manage such income, with
>       appropriate board of directors (maybe Ward would help)
>    3. Align with an existing non-profit foundation, such as OSF
> 
> Regards,
> 
> C.
> 
> ** In the light of subsequent world events, such as the asian
> earthquake, I really think it's time we removed this, BTW.
> **** As stated before, I and others would be prepared to donate
> additional funds to support this.
> 
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