[openbeos] Re: WalterCon Donations?
- From: "Simon Taylor" <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:22:03 +0100 BST
> 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.
OK, no problem.
Release a "retail" version of R1 and I'll gladly buy it for some hugely
inflated price. I might even donate without an incentive, too :D
Simon
> 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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