I thought I'd pass this along in case anyone is interested. I know I use centericq quite a bit and will not mind donating some to the project. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfram Schlich" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <cicq at linuxpl.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 6:57 AM Subject: [cicq] Support the CenterICQ development with a donation > > Dear fellow CenterICQ users, > > we need *your* help. > > The CenterICQ.de team recently came up with the idea to build a > donation web page in order to support Konstantin Klyagin in developing > CenterICQ. Konstantin spends lots of his free time working hard on > software we all enjoy using in everyday life (I guess). > Our thoughts were we should give something back to honor his > development efforts and, just as a side-effect, support him regarding > his current situation (the company he's currently employed with has > financial problems resulting in unpaid salaries... :-/) > > So we encourage everyone of you to donate some bucks via the > CenterICQ.de website (http://www.centericq.de). This is done via the > PayPal payment service (http://www.paypal.com), involving my personal > PayPal account (e-mail address "donation at centericq dot de"). > "Why your personal account?" you may ask. That's just due to the fact that > Konstantin has no own bank account and hence no chance to receive money > except via the Western Union (http://www.westernunion.com) money transfer > service. This transfer will cost 5% of the whole sum transferred and at > least 26 EUR. That's the reason I decided to use my personal account to > first collect a reasonable amount of money and then transfer it via > Western Union. If you *want* to donate but simply *can't* because you don't > have any credit card - no problem! Just drop me a mail and I'll > provide you with details regarding my personal bank account. You could > also send money by letter, but I guess this is too insecure :-) > > Konst has become a real friend for me during the last 1.5 years and I > like having the chance to thank him for his work on a program I like > very much and I use that often. And, nevertheless, for just being a friend. > Well, I don't like friends with problems, so I guess I have to help solving > them ;-) My share is 50 EUR, added to the list of all donations received > so far we currently have a total of 65 EUR. You are welcome to help > making the sum grow. > > And as a side note: You'll be able to order CenterICQ t-shirts and > mousepads from cafepress.com soon! Show your geek (tm) :o)) We'll keep > you updated about the CenterICQ merchandise stuff, so don't worry ;-) > > Questions and comments welcome. > Thank you for your time. > -- > Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Yours sincerely > Wolfram Schlich; Friedhofstr. 8, D-88069 Tettnang; +49-(0)178-SCHLICH > > * Unsubscribe: mail cicq-request at linuxpl.org -s unsubscribe </dev/null > * Archive: http://eloy.linux.net.pl/cicq/ > * FAQ: http://centericq.de/faq/ > > >
