Re: Fwd: Fundraising / Donations



 Sounds good. They run Red Hat based server with Apache. Good stuff
(attach).

 Best of luck,
 NM


On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 15:40 -0700, Stormy Peters wrote:
> We got this offer today.
> 
> I did a bit of research and XIPWIRE seem to be a startup that just
> launched so there's not a lot of history to check out. They have
> gotten a lot of good press from the local Philadelphia news[1].
> 
> The difference between this and the donation texts that most people
> are familiar with is that you have to login to the XIPWIRE website at
> least once to set up your account and connect it to a bank account or
> credit card. It doesn't pull from your cell phone bill.
> 
> So regardless of what we do here, I think we should continue to pursue
> the other text options we have.
> 
> Thoughts? Should we help market this? We'd be asking for GNOME
> donations and we'd also be encouraging people to set up XIPWIRE
> accounts.
> 
> Stormy
> 
> P.S. I removed Sharif's signature contact info as I'm forwarding to a
> public list.
> 
> [1]
> http://technicallyphilly.com/2010/01/06/shop-talk-xipwire-mobile-payment-platform-lets-you-text-cash
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sharif J. Alexandre 
> Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:13 PM
> Subject: Fundraising / Donations
> To: fundraising gnome org
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm with XIPWIRE, a Mobile Payment startup based in Philadelphia, and
> wanted to reach out regarding fundraising and our offering to the Open
> Source community.  As I'm sure you're aware the recent crisis in Haiti
> has put a spotlight on text pledges and the opportunity it represents
> for organizations to quickly and easily solicit donations for their
> respective causes.  Since I'm an avid supporter of Open Source
> generally and your work in particular, and as my personal way of
> saying Thank You to the thousands of developers and supporters who
> have indirectly made XIPWIRE possible, I'm offering the Text Pledging
> functionality of XIPWIRE completely free of charge.  I've created an
> "oss" campaign where people can simply text "oss" to 56624 (XIPWIRE's
> commercial shortcode number) to pledge a default amount of $10 to one
> of the following organizations:
>       * apache - Apache Software Foundation
>       * eff - Electronic Frontier Foundation
>       * fsf - Free Software Foundation
>       * gnome - GNOME Foundation
>       * kde - KDE e.V.
>       * linux - Linux Foundation
> 
> More details about the campaign can be found at:
> https://xipwire.com/pledges/oss
> 
> As I mentioned, we are waiving all of our fees so each organization
> will receive 100% of the funds directed to it.
> 
> Since GNOME Foundation is one of the foundations listed, I wanted to
> reach out in advance of our announcement of this campaign to solicit
> any feedback or comments you might have.
> 
> It is my sincere hope that the money generated through this program
> will continue to fund the excellent work you have done over the years.
> 
> Regards,
> Sharif
> 
> 
> 

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