[openbeos] Introducing Donating Squads
- From: Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: General Haiku ML <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:14:14 +0200
Hello Haiku friends!
Scott's recent mail reminded me...
After the very successful Haiku Code Drive 2008, I've been thinking...
As you may know, it's possible to donate a small amount $5, $10, or $20 every month (see
http://www.haiku-os.org/community/donating_to_haiku). I don't know the specifics, but I
assume it's not widely used. PayPal-dislike aside, here's one reason:
While $10 or $20 is definitely manageable for most of us (hey, how long do you have to
work for $0.5 or $1 every workday?), the common reaction is "What good can my measly
$10/$20 do?". Well... not much, in fact. Unless you are just one of many. What's needed is
the knowledge that you're not alone, that there are more people like you.
To that end, I'd like to start off "Donating Squads". I pledge to donate $20/month if
there are 4 others willing to do automatic monthly donations (no matter how much, the
amount doesn't have to be announced!) as well. Once the first 5-people-squad is fully
manned, I hope there are more guys motivated to open and join the next squad.
In order to keep the noise level on this mailinglist low, I opened a forum thread at
http://www.haiku-os.org/community/forum/donating_squads where people can join or start new
Donating Squads. Hopefully many of you see merit in this grassroots effort and join me there.
Regards,
Humdinger
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