[Qgis-psc] small donations

[Gary Sherman]

> Hi all.
> I just received an email asking about how to make small donations to  
> qgis. Apparently on the web page there are outdated/misleading  
> informations. I think small donations are important, even if they do  
> not provide us with much funding, to make people feel they can  
> participate actively to the project.
> OSGeo does not seem flexible about small donations, so I think we  
> should come out with a simpler solutions. I think the only realistic  
> way we have to accommodate this is through a paypal (or similar - I  
> know there are other, cheaper and maybe more fair operators on the  
> market), either directly to Gary, as it used to be, or through  
> another organization (our Italian local chapter, for instance, is  
> available to do so, but there may be better alternatives).
> Please let me know your feelings, so we can proceed.

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  
QGIS. This causes me a number of business related issues and it is not  
feasible for me to manage.

We should look for alternatives.

-gary
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