[openbeos] Re: WalterCon Donations?
- From: Michael Phipps <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:32:20 -0500
I would love to have everyone together; obviously cost is the main
prohibitive issue.
At the same time, though, I wonder what the "depth" of the riches of the BeOS
community really is. At some point, we will get NPO status. Of course, the
sun will eventually explode, too. :-) I would much rather put potential
donations into a general development fund for, say, code bounties, than pay a
couple thousand dollars to fly people around. If we had more money that we
knew what to do with, I might think otherwise. Or if there was money
available for one thing but not another. I doubt that is the case, though. I
very much appreciate the thought and offer. I would rather, personally, you
hang on to your cash and make a bigger (and tax deductible) donation when
that is possible.
Michael
On 2004-03-29 at 10:25:26 [-0500], Koki wrote:
> Good point. If OBOS cannot take donations because it is not an NPO yet,
then
> BU could perhaps do it on their behalf.
>
> Koki
>
> > As much as I would love to go to WalterCon, the cost of getting
> there
> > from the UK is very prohibitive.
> >
> > This issue obviously affects the developers too; people like Axel, Ingo,
> > Marcus, and all the other non-US devs. Are there any plans for
> a
> > donation fund to help the devs attend the event? I'd gladly donate a few
> > pounds to help out, as the event could be very useful as a forum for all
> > the developers to meet face to face, along with meeting potential users
and
> > other general project supporters.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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