stéphane ducasse wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Since a year, we (marcus and me and some others) have been playing  
> with the
> idea that Squeak deserves a foundation and after several tries, we  
> decided to doit!
>
> Have a look at: http://smallwiki.unibe.ch/squeakfoundation
>
> Now we are nearly ready for the prime time. We hope that you will like
> it and support it. Read the actions: http://smallwiki.unibe.ch/ 
> squeakfoundation/actions/ and the goals and principles: http:// 
> smallwiki.unibe.ch/squeakfoundation/foundationgoalsandprinciples/.
>
> In a nutshell we want to make sure that we get an organization that  
> pushes the visibility of Squeak
> and that enables Squeak to be a platform of development for all kinds  
> of applications (educations,
> multimedia, web developments, research), but also support the  
> production of books, videos...
> We want to make sure that Squeak continues to be maintained even if  
> we stop. We want to be able to
> pay a cleaner a day a week to support the harvesting and bug fixing.  
> Squeak needs to have more users and
> companies selling products with it, because the more we will be the  
> more we will be to fix and enhance
> the system.
>
> Now this is not a private club,  if you want to REALLY help, you are  
> more then welcome,  we have a lot to do
> CD, DVD, merchandising, website, projects... But pay attention that  
> we are looking for people not only talking :).
>
> Now if you like the idea but you do not have the time but trust us  
> for all the good job we did over the years
> then support the foundation, read the http://smallwiki.unibe.ch/ 
> squeakfoundation/supporters/ page.
>
> To speed up the bootstrap we asked ESUG to host it and also to  
> sponsor it. They accepted
> and gave us some money to start (2000 Euros) and noury the ESUG  
> treasurer accepted to
> have separate accounts and deal with the money issue.

This is cool. Let me know what I can do. You can email me directly.

Did I miss it, or was there a link that describes the organizational 
structure? Is it a registered non-profit organization? Which country is 
the foundation registered in? Where does my money go?

My first impression is that the legal descriptions should be available 
on the website before a "donate" button is active. (I'm sure you've 
thought about it and haven't gotten around to it.)  I'd like to pass the 
word about the foundation and promote it but I don't feel right asking 
people to donate if they can't find information about the organization. 
Again, I'm probably jumping the gun here.

otherwise... cool...

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