[Qgis-psc] Fwd: @qgis has been approved for GitHub Sponsors

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Marco,

Thank you for your initiative and for dealing with it.

Can you be more specific what you mean with "setup to mirror the 
sustaining membership"? What does it mean?

 From a user point of view I wonder why it is more user friendly to use 
github as an in between entity? At the end of the day I have to provide 
a credit card and issue a payment (and we already have two options for 
it (stripe and paypal)). Do we think we can reach out to more donors 
through github? I am not so sure if fragmenting our payment options 
helps a lot.

What we still miss is a "crowd funding infrastructure" for the 
aggregation of small payments towards a specific goal though (a bug fix, 
a feature request). If we can provide this through github, it would be 
great.

In any way - if we have a fourth payment options besides wire transfer, 
Stripe and PayPal, we should mention it at https://donate.qgis.org/ - do 
you plan to add the github payment option at this web page?

Thanks for your work,

Andreas

On 2021-10-07 16:20, Anita Graser wrote:

> +1 I don't see a reason not to provide a lower tier
> 
> 7 Oct 2021 16:03:08 Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com>: Hi
> 
> +1 from me to give it a go!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 6 Oct 2021, at 18:38, Marco Bernasocchi <marco at qgis.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi PSC,
> A fantastic news, qgis has been approved for GitHub Sponsors!!
> 
> I already had all setup to mirror the sustaining membership.
> 
> Now I was wondering if we should add a micro sponsoring option (5-10EUR 
> per month)? What are your thoughts?
> 
> Here some information on the sponsoring:
> You can use a credit card to sponsor an account on GitHub. If your 
> organization wants to pay by invoice, you can read more at Paying for 
> GitHub Sponsors via invoice.
> GitHub Sponsors does not charge any fees for sponsorships from user 
> accounts, so 100% of these sponsorships go to the sponsored developer 
> or organization. The 10% fee for sponsorships from organizations is 
> waived during the beta. [1]
> 
> Cheers
> Marco
> [1] 
> https://docs.github.com/en/sponsors/sponsoring-open-source-contributors/sponsoring-an-open-source-contributor
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: 'GitHub' via admin at qgis.org <admin at qgis.org>
> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 at 18:30
> Subject: @qgis has been approved for GitHub Sponsors
> To:
> 
> @QGIS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR GITHUB SPONSORS
> 
> @QGIS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR GITHUB SPONSORS
> 
> Congratulations @qgis 🎉 Now that your profile is complete, it's time to 
> start sharing! Here are some next steps for your sponsorship page:
> 
> SHARE YOUR SPONSORSHIP PAGE
> 
> It's important to let your community know that they can sponsor you 
> through GitHub Sponsors. We've provided a few examples of how to share 
> your sponsorship page--check it out!
> 
> Learn more ways to share [1]
> 
> CREATE A GOAL
> 
> Setting small goals early on helps create momentum for your sponsorship 
> page. Whether it's reaching your first 10 sponsors, $20 a month, or 
> $5,000 a month, let your community know how to help push you forward.
> 
> Create a goal [2]
> 
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Links:
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[1] https://github.com/sponsors/qgis/dashboard#next-steps
[2] https://github.com/sponsors/qgis/dashboard/goals
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