[Qgis-psc] small donations

[Otto Dassau]

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:47:19 +0200
Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:

> Tim Sutton ha scritto:
> 
> > Have we exhausted every possibility with OSGEO in this regard? My
> > preference is to use them to manage all money if at all possible.
> 
> I would also prefer this, but nobody form OSGeo expressed interest in 
> this. I can try again if you suggest to do so, but I'm rather skeptical: 
> everything seems to be geared towards large companies.
> 
> > Otherwise It would be better I think if you could just propose a few
> > solutions with their relative pros and cons, and we just vote on it.
> 
> Good suggestion. These are the first possibile solutions that come to my 
> mind:
> - setup a QGIS paypal/similar services account and manage money directly
> advantages: no other subjects involved, full control
> disadvantages: a fair amount of work for handling and managing
> - use the services of some OSGeo local chapter
> adv: spreading out of the effort
> disdv: we have to trust an external subject
> additional suggestions?
> 
> > The misleading web page is probably something to be taken up with
> > Ottos web site lead (Stephan).
> 
> OK. Otto, can you please take care of this when possible?
> 
> Gary Sherman ha scritto:
> 
>  > I removed the donation button from the web page a while back because I
>  > have absolutely no interest in accepting donations on the part of GIS.
>  > This causes me a number of business related issues and it is not
>  > feasible for me to manage.
> 
> This is quite understandable. Thanks Gary for having done this until now.

yes, thanks - best soution for the moment. I added this point to the
WebManagement wiki page, so we don't forget and take care of it while creating
the new web presence.

thanks 
 Otto

> All the best.
> pc