Hi all,
we have been discussing the topic of monthly donations some time ago without a real result. One of the problems was that the structure should not become too complicated while remaining fair and treating every donor equally.
In order to keep things simple, the categories for 2002 will be modified as follows:
Supporter: EUR 10 every month OR EUR 120 in a year. Contributor: EUR 50 every month OR EUR 600 in a year. Sustaining Contributor: EUR 100 every month OR EUR 1200 in a year. Patron: EUR 500 every month OR EUR 6000 in a year.
Late starting monthly donors will get a "(mm/yy-)" suffixed, early stopping monthly donors get a "(-mm/yy)" and people who start late and end early in a year get a "(mm/yy-mm/yy)."
This will hopefully encourage monthly donations while keeping the structure consistent enough with the ThankGNUs list of the FSF in Boston.
We sought to keep the monthly amounts attractive and even, so the numbers are a little higher. Given that the exchange rate between EUR and USD is 1.13, this makes for approximately equal amounts.
Updated web pages for this are prepared and online at
http://fsfeurope.org/help/donate-2002.html
Translating them into other languages might be useful.
We were considering to create some sort of little banner/graphic that donors could put on their web page to announce their support. What do you think? Does this make sense? Is anyone willing (and capable) to create such a graphic?
Alright, this is possibly my last posting to this list in 2001. I wish to thank everyone who supported us this year and wish everyone a good and successful New Year! May 2002 be a good year for Free Software.
Regards, Georg
Georg C. F. Greve greve@gnu.org [011230]:
Updated web pages for this are prepared and online at
http://fsfeurope.org/help/donate-2002.html
Translating them into other languages might be useful.
I've seen on the webpage that you can transfer directky to one bank account in Germany, or send a check instead. Is it possible to pay by Paypal? I think that Paypal is well used on the net...
Another problem is that, for small transfers, europeans banks (still) takes fees when you make a transfer in a bank account of another country. I don't know how much they are, but it could be a "brake" for small amounts of money...
What do you think of the idea of setting up a bank account in every country where there's a national Chapter? I don't know how the FSF Europe works for the moment about the money, so...
Happy new year,
BNJ
-- Henrion Benjamin bh@udev.org Web: http://bh.udev.org Lug: http://lln.udev.org Wave: http://wave.udev.org
On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 09:59:50PM +0100, Henrion Benjamin wrote:
Georg C. F. Greve greve@gnu.org [011230]:
Updated web pages for this are prepared and online at
http://fsfeurope.org/help/donate-2002.html
Translating them into other languages might be useful.
I've seen on the webpage that you can transfer directky to one bank account in Germany, or send a check instead. Is it possible to pay by Paypal?
Not yet. It might be in the future.
I think that Paypal is well used on the net...
I do not know. They are not my favourite cashing system.
Another problem is that, for small transfers, europeans banks (still) takes fees when you make a transfer in a bank account of another country. I don't know how much they are, but it could be a "brake" for small amounts of money...
At least banks within the Euro-zone are required to make these fees considerably lower soon.
What do you think of the idea of setting up a bank account in every country where there's a national Chapter? I don't know how the FSF Europe works for the moment about the money, so...
This is the plan.
Happy new year,
To you too! :) Bernhard
On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 09:59:50PM +0100, Henrion Benjamin wrote:
I've seen on the webpage that you can transfer directky to one bank account in Germany, or send a check instead. Is it possible to pay by Paypal? I think that Paypal is well used on the net...
As part of the reason for having FSFE is to keep these things in Europe, we should probably use a European clearing service. I know in the UK we have nochex, but I don't know what else is out there? Anyway, most of this should become simpler with the Euro, shouldn't it? Or am I incredibly naive and the banks will still charge more for clearing a foreign cheque?
"Benjamin" == Henrion Benjamin bh@udev.org writes:
Benjamin> What do you think of the idea of setting up a bank Benjamin> account in every country where there's a national Benjamin> Chapter? I don't know how the FSF Europe works for the Benjamin> moment about the money, so...
in France the process to have tax-deductible donations is almost finish.
Fred.
Hi
...Updated web pages for this are prepared and online at http://fsfeurope.org/help/donate-2002.html Translating them into other languages might be useful.
Here's the french version. I've got no acces to Savannah, so I'm posting it here. Make use of it at will :)
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Dons à la FSFEurope
Existent tant de moyens à aider les efforts et le but de la FSFEurope. Le plus simple, c'est participer comme volontier à la programmation de logiciels ou à la création de documentation. Le travail de volontaire peut aussi consister dans la participation aux stands aux foires etc.. Celui qui est interessé à ce type de coopération trouvera de plus amples informations sur la page "Que peut on faire?".
Un autre moyen attractif d'aider la FSF Europe est de faire des dons monétaires, qui nous permettent de financer nos actions et de payer ceux qui agissent autour du Logiciel Libre.
La FSF Europe est une organisation qui s'engage partout en Europe, cherchant la reconnaissance comme organisation d'utilité publique par les autorités locales partout où possible et dépendant de la législation locale, ces dons peuvent être déduits de vos impôts. A cette fin vous pouvez jeter un coup d'oeil sur le bas de cette page.
Devenez mécène de la FSFEurope
La FSFEurope tient à remercier ses donateurs et ceux qui la soutiennent de façon "visible". Voila pourquoi nous vous demandons de bien vouloir envoyer un message a office@fsfeurope.org et de nous faire part où nous pouvons adresser la quittance ainsi que nos remerciements. En plus nous aimerions vous remercier sur notre site "Thank GNU's". Même si vous désirez rester anonyme, nous vous prions de bien vouloir nous contacter pour que nous puissions vous remercier en privé.
Si votre dons sera de:
-10 EUR par mois OU 120 EUR par an, vous serez Donnateur de la FSFEurope -50 EUR par mois OU 600 EUR par an, vous serez Supporter de la FSFEurope -100 EUR par mois OU 1200 EUR par an, vous serez Supporter Substantiel de la FSFEurope -500 EUR par mois OU 6000 EUR par an, vous serez mécène de la FSFEurope
Les donateurs (mensuels) commencant au courant de l'année auront un suffixe "(mm/aa-)", les donateurs (mensuels) arrêtant leur dons au courant de l'année recevront un "(-mm/aa)". Des donateurs commencant plus tard et s'arrêtant plus tôt auront un "(mm/aa-mm/aa)".
Comment faire des dons:
Si vous n'habitez pas l'Europe, vous pouvez aussi faire une donation à une de nos organisations affiliées, la FSF aux E.U. ou en Inde.
Les dons en espèces peuvent être adressés par chèque à l'ordre de
FSF France 8 rue de Valois 75001 Paris
Ou bien par virement sur le compte
FSF France BNP PARIBAS 27 av Parmentier 75011 Paris Compte: 30004 01252 00000665761 39 IBAN (international): FR76 3000 4012 5200 0006 6576 139
Préciser le cas échéant si le don doit être transféré à la Free Software Foundation (US).
Pour plus d'information concernant les dons contactez Loïc Dachary.
La FSF Europe remercie tous ses donateurs. Votre suppport nous permet de continuer nos efforts pour le Logiciel Libre! ----------------------------------------------------schnipp----------------- ----------------------
Greetings, David Raison