Dear Squeaklanders -
I am writing to announce Viewpoints Research Institute's first "Help us Grow" fundraising drive. If you'll take a look at http://www.squeakland.org, you'll see the details of our campaign.
As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization it is incumbent upon us to solicit and receive funds from individuals, corporations and other grant-making agencies to keep our tax exempt status, and enable ongoing work.
This is the first time we're appealing to you, our community, for your help, not only/necessarily for your contribution, but for your help to spread the word, share Squeak with others, and use your own networks to help us raise funds so that we can continue to develop the Squeak and Etoy frameworks, the website, and this community.
In the spirit of open source development and shareware, we ask for your help to allow us to continue our research, development, sharing and dissemination effort.
We thank you again for being a part of Squeakland, and for your help in raising funds for our organization. Please forward this mail to anyone you know that might be interested in contributing to our efforts.
best regards, Kim
squeakland@lists.squeakfoundation.org