Re: Fundraising Working Group - call for members

I have interest in help :)

On Jan 23, 2017 12:33, "Sandro Andrade" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear community,
>
> KDE has been doing fundraising campaigns for some years already. In
> spite of that, we still think there are a lot of room for improvements
> in the way we currently carry out such campaigns and in the strategies
> currently adopted. We (the board) have been discussing lately about
> creating a fundraising working group and we agreed that's something we
> want to do. We made a list of potential tasks for the working group:
>
> On the technical side:
> * Designing content of campaign landing page
> * Supporting tracking progress of the campaign
> * Maintaining payment infrastructure
> * Improving data analysis
> * Mailing donors to get information like the address in order to send
> postcards
>
> On the marketing side:
> * Getting input from the community for and writing text for fundraising
> page
> * Producing social media content
> * Creating videos and other artwork
> * Researching and evaluating fundraising tools like matching donations
> and giving gifts in exchange for donations
> * Showcasing donation impact to donors
> * Coming up with fitting goodie ideas and publicity stunts in order to
> get attention
> * Mobilizing the community to help spread the word about the
> fundraiser and why it matters
>
> Now, it's the time when we should start looking for prospective
> members. If you are interested in joining the fundraising WG or have
> any question regarding that please don't hesitate in emailing the
> board (kde-ev-board at kde dot org). Of course, people experienced
> with fundraising are quite welcome, but also do not refrain yourself
> of joining the WG because of no previous experience. We've been
> building knowledge in this area together and getting better year by
> year.
>
> I'm looking forward for candidates :)
>
> Cheers,
> Sandro
>