From: Crawford C. <cc...@c-...> - 2005-11-10 10:51:02
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Another point is that if a non-profit foundation was in existance, it could be the beneficiary from adsense on TWiki.org. A small income, perhaps, but every little helps. Sven Dowideit wrote: > 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. > |