[svlug] Seconded was: Re: [volunteers] SVLUG Contribution to FSF?

[john_re]

On Wed, 28 May 2008 18:50:37 -0700 (PDT), "Andrew Fife"
<afife at untangle.com> said:
> What do folks think of trying to collect $500 in 2008 to make a donation
> to the FSF on behalf of SVLUG?  

Thank you Andrew for coming up with a damn great idea, & volunteering to
run with it.

I second the idea, contingent on you providing some paper audit trail.

Maybe one of the Googlionaires (or Untanglionaires) in the audience will
one day think "I might not have gotten my _job_ if it hadn't been for
Richard Stallman & his trusty GPL," and throw a 10G-Spot in the (Red)
Hat.

Now, the bay area & svlug has an unfair advantage against other areas in
terms of per capita wealth, & total # members in the lug.  But a
possibly fair contest would be to challenge all lugs worldwide to see
which lug can get the greatest % of its members making a contribution to
the fsf. This would be a fun & beneficial friendly competition.

[I can just see the url now:
www.untangle.com/FSFLugDonationChallenge.html   ;)  ]

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people
always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can
become great. 

http://www.phnet.fi/public/mamaa1/twain.htm
Coming out of Finland?  What in the world significant ever came out of
Finland???

> The FSF recognizes folks at that level or
> more here:  
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2008supporters.html#contributor
> 
> Initial thought would be to start a collection piggy bank that gets
> passed
> around at meetings.  This would be totally optional for attendees.  Here
> are some assumptions that could get us to $500 by the end of the year:
> 
> 7 meetings the rest of the year
> 50 attendees per meeting
> 30% of attendees contribute
> $5 average contribution
> 
> =
> 
> $525 donation by the end of the year
> 
> Now many of these assumptions could be wrong, but isn't it worth trying
> either way?  If we only collected, say $225, instead of $500 wouldn't
> that
> still be a cool thing for SVLUG to do?  I'm very curious to know what
> others think about this idea.  How would you improve it?  
>    
> --
> Andrew Fife
> Untangle - The Open Source Network Gateway
> www.untangle.com/download

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