Re: GNOME Cause on Facebook

[Roberto Galoppini <roberto galoppini gmail com>]

2009/1/20 Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>:
> (I changed the subject because I think while this is a fundraising activity,
> it's not necessarily part of Friends of GNOME. I did create a Facebook group
> for Friends of GNOME. What Roberto is creating is a "Cause" not a group -
> Causes are meant for disseminating information and collect donations for
> non-profits.)
>
> Roberto is creating a GNOME Cause on Facebook like the Debian Cause:
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Debian/9801962186.
>
> It will be a place to find out information about GNOME, the GNOME Foundation
> and to show support for GNOME. We can fill in the information section with
> whatever we want - Roberto has filled in information from our website and
> our 2009 goals from the Friends of GNOME page. We can also start discussions
> and post to the wall.
>
> It also has the option to allow people to donate to the GNOME Foundation
> directly from the Facebook Cause page. (Roberto, does this go to Paypal?)

"Donations to U.S. nonprofits are processed by our nonprofit partner
Network for Good, an industry leader in processing online donations.
Their 4.75% fee is used to pay banks, credit card companies, to
distribute funds to nonprofits, and for other associated costs of
donations through Causes on Facebook. For a $100 donation, $95.25 goes
to the nonprofit and $4.75 goes to Network for Good. Network for Good
does not profit from this fee."
(source: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/help)
> I think this is good as it's a way to reach a new audience with information
> about what GNOME is. Thoughts?

A blue version of the logo would probably suite better, I think. Are
there any out there or does anyone want to help?

 Roberto

> Stormy
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Roberto Galoppini
> <roberto galoppini gmail com> wrote:
> > 2009/1/13 Roberto Galoppini <roberto galoppini gmail com>:
> > > 2009/1/13 Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>:
> > > > Awesome, Andreas. Thanks. I was thinking we could show these on the
> > > > screen
> > > > after people have donated, saying here's a badge for your website.
> > >
> > > Maybe the support GNOME one could be used by users who want to help
> > > just spreading the word?
> > > Debian has launched a Debian cause on FB, we might run similar
> > > initiatives and use it.
> >
> > I created a draft of the "Support GNOME" Cause on FB using the Causes
> > application.I asked Stormy some hints and feedback and I am sure it
> > still needs some tweaking (maybe a different logo, or the text, etc).
> >
> > Thoughts?
> > --
> > Roberto Galoppini
> > http://robertogaloppini.net
> > skype: r.galoppini
>
>
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