Gentoo Archives: gentoo-nfp

From: Corey Shields <cshields@g.o>
To: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re: shipping material to the UK
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:31:29
Message-Id: 200509211137.43637.cshields@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re: shipping material to the UK by Grant Goodyear
1 On Wednesday 21 September 2005 11:17 am, Grant Goodyear wrote:
2 > I'm not opposed, but presumbably we should check w/ the existing PR team
3 > to see if they have an opinion. Anybody know who's in charge of PR
4 > these days, if anybody?
5
6 According to the PR page it's Kurt.. :)
7
8 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/
9
10 However, just judging from the list it's not very well organized. Sven holds
11 up a lot of the web stuff but if I remember correctly has less time for other
12 PR stuff these days. I think with a little direction and organization it
13 could be a better team. I'd be willing to step up to taking that on.
14
15 > > So if we went $1.5k for PR and $1.5k for Infra, making $3k for the year,
16 > > we should be just fine financially. We are averaging $4k a quarter with
17 > > the prospect of another $1.5k/quarter revenue just around the corner.
18 >
19 > I assume that there's been some falloff since we started collecting
20 > funds. Does the monthly/quarterly income seem to have stabilized?
21
22 There has, but yet we are seeing other sources pick up (companies who benefit
23 from Gentoo starting to make regular donations, that sort). I really want to
24 wait another release or two to be able to put a finger on what to -expect- in
25 a quarter.
26
27 Cheers!
28
29 --
30 Corey Shields
31 Gentoo Linux Infrastructure Team
32 Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees
33 http://www.gentoo.org/~cshields

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Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re: shipping material to the UK Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o>