Talk:Sugar Labs/Donate - Revision history

Pikurasa: Add a note about Zelle

2024-04-09T17:11:19Z

Add a note about Zelle

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			== Zelle ==

			I'm reviewing the accounts we have, and it's not clear to me that we actually have a Zelle account set up. I am unable to do edits to this page, perhaps due to permission restrictions, but I think we should comment it out until we are absolutely certain where money sent to the account indicated would go. --[[User:Pikurasa\|Pikurasa]] ([[User talk:Pikurasa\|talk]]) 13:11, 9 April 2024 (EDT)

	== From outside the US ==		== From outside the US ==

Sascha silbe: request to add new section for non-US donations

2011-07-24T18:07:12Z

request to add new section for non-US donations

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			== From outside the US ==

			The note about wire transfers is hidden inside the "Mail us a check" section. It would be nice to make it more prominent by moving it to a new section titled "From outside the US". The text could read:

			Donations from banks outside of the US or not in US dollars should be handled by wire. Donors wishing to send a wire should contact <conservancy@softwarefreedom.org>.

			You might want to team up with other donors to save international banking fees. Feel free to post to [[Mailing_Lists#General_Lists\|iaep]]. If you're inside the EU you may contact [[User:Sascha_silbe\|Sascha Silbe]].

			-- [[User:Sascha silbe\|Sascha silbe]] 14:07, 24 July 2011 (EDT)

			== Membership ==

	I would like to propose that Sugar Labs reconsiders adding a membership structure for donors. It appears this was already discussed in the oversight board meeting that took place 2008/09/19, as indicated in the meeting minutes excerpt:"We also discussed the idea of members dues, but reached consensus that it wasn't a good idea at this stage." (http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/OversightBoard/Meeting_Minutes-2008-09-19)		I would like to propose that Sugar Labs reconsiders adding a membership structure for donors. It appears this was already discussed in the oversight board meeting that took place 2008/09/19, as indicated in the meeting minutes excerpt:"We also discussed the idea of members dues, but reached consensus that it wasn't a good idea at this stage." (http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/OversightBoard/Meeting_Minutes-2008-09-19)

Walter at 13:57, 7 November 2009

2009-11-07T13:57:49Z

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	#Electronic Frontier Foundation (https://secure.eff.org/site/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&CAMPAIGN_ID=1082&JServSessionIdr006=8sqitlker1.app13b)		#Electronic Frontier Foundation (https://secure.eff.org/site/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&CAMPAIGN_ID=1082&JServSessionIdr006=8sqitlker1.app13b)
	#*Receive a T-shirt and/or hat with membership		#*Receive a T-shirt and/or hat with membership

			== Donating hardware ==

			If you donate hardware to Sugar Labs and give us a full inventory that you donate, we will send a letter back that acknowledges the in-kind donation. As far as the value of the donation and how much you can you use as a tax deduction, that's up to the donor to discuss with their accountant, using the acknowledgment of the in-kind donation. In other words, the recipient 501(c)(3) organization doesn't get
			involved with what the financial value is, it merely acknowledges for the donor that the physical items have been received as an in-kind donation on a particular date. The rest is for the donor and their
			accountants to figure out.

Aiban: Membership Proposal

2009-01-11T13:25:40Z

Membership Proposal

New page

I would like to propose that Sugar Labs reconsiders adding a membership structure for donors. It appears this was already discussed in the oversight board meeting that took place 2008/09/19, as indicated in the meeting minutes excerpt:"We also discussed the idea of members dues, but reached consensus that it wasn't a good idea at this stage." (http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/OversightBoard/Meeting_Minutes-2008-09-19)

As a potential donor, I see the following benefits to implementing a membership structure:
#It is easier to introduce other potential donors to the project when one brandishes a fancy membership card.
#Annual membership payments would match nicely with the annual salary requirements of paid developers.
#Membership tenure (in the form of cheaper renewals, bounty points, etc . . .) could be used to entice existing members to renew their memberships.

Some examples of other non-profit organizations that utilize a membership based donation system:
#The Planetary Society (https://planetary.org/join/membership/)
#*Founded in 1980
#Free Software Foundation (https://www.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf?referrer=4052)
#*Provides members with bootable membership cards
#Electronic Frontier Foundation (https://secure.eff.org/site/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&CAMPAIGN_ID=1082&JServSessionIdr006=8sqitlker1.app13b)
#*Receive a T-shirt and/or hat with membership