Re: How we can improve our fundraising efforts

[Oliver Propst <oliver propst gmail com>]

One area we should think about are improvements to the Friends of GNOME
website[1] (some of things related to this have been mentioned in
previous post’s and are documented on the wiki)[2].

I understand that the official foundation color is green, I suspect this
is a legacy from the past. If you visit the foundation website[3] you
get the impression that its purple because the headlines and some
graphics use that color, should we consider to change the official
foundation color to purple (can suggest this to some other list as
well)? 

Personally I think we should, its a calm, friendly color that I think
reflect the values of GNOME. One action item for the Friends of GNOME
website program is to change box colors from green to purple, and update
some other graphics.

Its possible to support the foundation[4] by shopping at Amazon.com, do
have any data on how much revenue its generates? The books that are
featured  are old and in many cases outdated, is it possible to update
the list? Are they other alternatives to the Amazon.com integration we
should consider?  This items can also of course be discussed during the
GUADEC Engagement Team BOF[5].

1 http://www.gnome.org/friends/
2 https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/FriendsOfGNOME/HowWeCanImprove
3 http://www.gnome.org/foundation/
4 http://www.gnome.org/friends/amazon/
5 https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2014/BOFs/EngagementTeam



-- 
-mvh Oliver Propst