Fwd: Re: Message of support following the earthquake in Haiti

[Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>]

Forwarding to the list as I accidentally used the wrong email address
(Just set up Thunderbird today!)

Paul

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Message of support following the earthquake in Haiti
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:58:13 -0600
From: Paul Cutler <paul r cutler gmail com>
To: Guy Lunardi <glunardi novell com>
CC: marketing-list gnome org, stormy gnome org


On 01/13/2010 01:25 PM, Guy Lunardi wrote:
> Stormy and team,
> 
> 
> Should the foundation consider sending a brief message of support
> regarding the earthquake in Haiti?
> 
> One thought would be to do a minor update to the gnome.org home page. I
> am not aware of a badge (I am sure they exist) or we can simply had some
> simple text (short and to the point).
> 
> People are bombarded with requests for donating already so there is
> nothing original with this though Haiti really needs the support. Haiti
> only ranks 148th (out of 179 countries) on the UNDP’s Human Development
> Index. Their PM estimates that the death toll is the hundreds of
> thousands.
> 
> About 3 million people -- one-third of Haiti's population -- were
> affected by the quake, the Red Cross estimated. About 10 million people
> felt shaking from the earthquake, including 2 million who felt severe
> trembling, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated.
> 
> 
> We could use Unicef or the Red Cross as orgs people could donate to:
> 
>         The GNOME Foundation wishes to support the relief efforts
>         following the earthquake and many aftershocks that affected
>         Haiti.
>         Ways to donate: 
>          Simply text "Haiti" to 90999 and give $10 to the American Red
>         Cross
>          Simply text "YELE" to 501501 and give $5 to the Yele Haiti fun
>          http://www.yele.org/
>         
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> -Guy

+1 from me - GNOME is a global community and I think putting this up on
our webpage over the near term is a good idea.  If Stormy agrees, I'll
volunteer to update the homepage in git and commit the changes.

Paul