[GRASS-PSC] Sponsoring program

[Scott Mitchell]

This makes sense to me.  Keep it simple, but open/transparent and appreciative.

Scott



On Apr 1, 2014, at 03:51 , Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
> On 01/04/14 09:24, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Moritz Lennert
> <mlennert at club.worldonline.be <mailto:mlennert at club.worldonline.be>> wrote:
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>         I suggest to create a section in the website for long
>         term/historical
>         sponsors, and list the new sponsors in the web page only if they
>         donate
>         / contribute regularly (Say, once a year - I would indicate a
>         certain
>         lower threshold for the amount). Event-based donors and micro-donors
>         will be listed into the wiki page of the event.
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>     That would mean that someone who gives a large amount, but only
>     once, will not be mentioned anywhere ? I think that sometimes
>     companies might want to pay back in a one-shot for the use they made
>     of a free software, but without committing for long term
>     sponsorship. I think that they should also be mentioned somewhere.
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> I agree that they should be mentioned somewhere, but probably keeping
> them in the page of the sponsors for ever is not the best choice. Maybe
> in a separate section?
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> I guess a yearly revision of the list of sponsors would not be too much work, or ?
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> Thus that's more or less what I meant in the first place: a donor remains in the "sponsors" page only if donates regularly (eg. every year), otherwise it's moved to a list of "former donors" (which I believe is necessary to keep track of, for transparency and history).
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> Best regards,
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> Dr. Margherita DI LEO    
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