On 07/19/2010 04:30 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 16:21 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: >> On 07/19/2010 04:18 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: >>> On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:15 -0700, Luis Villa wrote: >>>> Note that selling things isn't necessarily just a money thing; people >>>> who have given you money and gotten swag in return have quite >>>> literally bought in, and that identification (for better or for worse) >>>> makes them more passionate advocates for what you're doing. In other >>>> words, they *want* to give you money as a form of contribution; it >>>> isn't a bad strategy to let them do that even if you don't actually >>>> need the money. >>> >>> Maybe funnel it to someone who can who we support? (FSF?) >> >> I suppose that is an option, but that tends to make things more >> complicated. What if someone likes Fedora but not the FSF (hey, it could >> happen)? > > What if we have a rotating list we divy stuff out to? > > E.g., for this FUDcon we'll make a donation to the GNOME foundation. > For this other event we'll donate to the Libre Graphics Meeting fund. > E.g. > > We could also donate to events like GUADEC and the plumbers' conference > and maybe could get a sponsor logo placement for those events? I'm inclined to say this violates the "K.I.S.S" rule... ~spot _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
