Re: donation stats on the dot

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On 18/06/12 18:14, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> El Dilluns, 18 de juny de 2012, a les 11:44:01, Anne Wilson va
> escriure:
>> On 17/06/12 16:59, "Sebastian Grüner" wrote:
>>> hey ya,
>>> 
>>> i'd like to publish our monthly donations stats[1] on the dot, 
>>> once a month of course.
>>> 
>>> this way we would definitly reach a far more bigger audience 
>>> reading the stats, than we have now. i think we would attract a
>>> lot more donors this way. because if our dot-readers realize
>>> that the ev gets only 200 euros a month through donations, some
>>> will start to donate. we can even ask people to jointhegame
>>> regularly, read once a month. with this we might even attract a
>>> lot more jtg-members.
>>> 
>>> i'm proposing myself as the editor of this dot-article, if
>>> nobodys
>>> 
>>> disagrees of course. my idea is basically a simple list, that
>>> 
>>> lists the donors with name and amount of donated money, a link
>>> to the jtg-members-page and our coporate sponsors. and last but
>>> not least we should list the sprints and stuff alike that we're
>>> using the donations for.
>>> 
>>> what do you think about that?
> 
> What about making it part of the weekly commit digest?
> 
> On week X Y€ were donated.
> 
>>> 
>>> disclosure: this idea is taken form linux mint [2]
>> 
>> Personally I'm not keen on listing the amount, for personal
>> donations at least.
> 
> It's already there
> http://kde.org/community/donations/previousdonations.php
> 
I still dislike it.  It leaves a bad taste in my mouth - as though the
amount has some bearing on the value of the donation.  Of course funds
are needed, but I'd hate to see a "I gave more than you" culture.

Anne
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