Re: [gentoo-dev] How to raise money for Gentoo

[Dale]

Alec Warner wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>> wbrana wrote:
>>> Page www.gentoo.org asks for donations
>>> "Donate to support our development efforts."
>>> Gentoo could get more money if all *.gentoo.org would contain advertisements.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> My questions are this:  Does Gentoo need more money?  Is it in need of
>> more funds to support itself?
> On a yearly basis, we take in more money than we spend. We primarily
> spend money on fees (legal, accountant, etc) and funding requests
> (infra hardware, requests from foundation members.)
>
> Its all on http://foundation.gentoo.org if you are curious. The 2011
> report notes that we have approximately $70,000 USD in funds. Some
> Gentoo developers want to do more conference-type events. However
> those typically come with much higher budgets than our funds and
> require sponsors to make happen. Without clearer goals on what to
> spend the money on, I can't really see the need to increase our
> advertising.
>
> We primarily get money from Paypal and Google Summer of Code.
>
> -A
>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>> --
>> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
>>
>>
>


Thanks for the answer.  If Gentoo ever gets to a point where it needs
funds to maintain itself, I would like a dev to post to the user mailing
list.  I'm certain we could donate if we know there is a need.  I
certainly would and I'm sure others would too.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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