Hi Klaus!,

	I found it interesting. In practice each project should manage it's
own donation system? That is the best/feasible way? Uniformization of that
is desirable?

	cheers,

Sebastian Sastre
 

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] En 
> nombre de Klaus D. Witzel
> Enviado el: Miércoles, 04 de Julio de 2007 08:16
> Para: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Asunto: Support this project
> 
> Gentlefolks,
> 
> I just returned from www.stellarium.org, they (like many 
> other free open source projects) have a "support this 
> project" button for people who want to donate money to the project.
> 
> I'd like to suggest that the various Squeak projects have 
> their own "support this project" button. This perhaps makes 
> it easier for interested parties to donate some money. Many 
> people (like me) don't want to buy a piece of supermarket, 
> but rather just some groceries for their mouse :)
> 
> Donations to projects can be used for (for example) 
> representing projects at events, buying hardware for the 
> developers, printing CDs or documentation, and other related 
> marketing activities which require money in support of visibility.
> 
> And of course regular transfers can be made from a project's 
> funds in support of the more general activities (community 
> server, etc).
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> /Klaus
> 
>