Re: New face to Friends of GNOME

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

On 01/04/2011 09:04 PM, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Andreas:
>
> The new design looks nice.  A few comments:
>
> - Currently the "Corporate Sponsorship" only includes being an "Advisory
>   Board member".  I'm not sure I like the term "Corporate" since
>   Advisory Board members can be other non-for-profits, Foundations, or
>   other non-Corporate organizations.  It would be nice to include
>   information about Advisory Board fees.
But if they are a non-profit, we don't currently charge them.
Advisory board fees sounds like a good idea.
>   It would also be nice to provide options for organizations that wish
>   to donate but not be on the Advisory Board (or not donate as much as
>   the fee).  Perhaps we could provide a page where we put logos/links
>   to organizations who donate in this way.  Or perhaps we could include
>   logos for organizations who donate a certain amount at events we
>   organize.  Perhaps we could offer a menu of choices where
>   organizations could be recognized in different ways based on the
>   amount donated.
That needs a bunch of work on it's own, but I agree with the idea in 
general.
We also need to figure out how to word it and where to put it.
> - The "List of Previous Donors" would be more cool if it allowed
>   people to provide links to their personal page if they wish
>   (perhaps their live.gnome.org page if they have one, for example).
More forms to fill in feels like a bad thing, or are we collecting this 
data in the paypal forms already?
>   I don't know how to improve this page, but just a long list of names
>   doesn't seem to be the best way to honor those who help us.
>
> - There are a number of places you can buy official GNOME branded
>   merchandise.  Shouldn't we highlight those here?
We highlight the GNOME Store on the www.gnome.org frontpage already, and 
if you really want a t-shirt you can donate at the sponsor-level. :) I'm 
hesitant about filling the friends page with more noise again.
> - In the "Thanks to donations, in 2010 we were able to:" section
>   it says "Hold a women outreach".  This seems oddly worded or an
>   incomplete sentence.  Perhaps "Organize a Women's Outreach Program"
>   might be more clear.
Will fix.
> - Also, I liked how the old FoG page highlighted that the GNOME
>   project benefits humanitarian projects like OLPC and a11y.  Would be
>   nice to be able to continue to highlight a more humanitarian message.
>   I would think this would encourage donations.
I know, and it was really hard to cut out that part from the sidebar 
(because it's and awesome message). Is there any way we can highlight 
this in the initial text somehow?
> - Will it be possible to earmark donations for certain projects (such
>   as Women's Outreach or a11y)?  If so, the page should highlight how
>   to do this.
This makes the forms and other stuff more detailed as well, and it could 
be a slippery slope regarding what teams we list there. I would rather 
see this as aimed donation campaigns instead.
- Andreas