Re: [orca-list] Donations to important open source accessibility infrastructure?
- From: Christian Hofstader <cdh gnu org>
- To: Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com>, Orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: [orca-list] Donations to important open source accessibility infrastructure?
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:19:12 -0400
Since I joined FSF/GNU, we have been accepting donations targeted for
accessibility. Large contributions, say $500 or more, can come with more
specific direction (screen reading, magnification, support for a
specific application, etc.) and can be discussed in advance. Smaller
contributions will definitely be spent on our accessibility efforts but
it would be hard to be specific as to how as building detailed roadmaps
is sometimes more expensive than the size of the contribution.
Recently, we have been working with a funding agency in Brazil along
with one other group on matching funds. All involved in this fairly
substantial donation agreed that it should go to the GNOME Foundation to
hire people to work on Orca and problems related to it. We are happy to
participate in projects helping with any expertise we can muster to help
facilitate contributions to other free software organizations (like GNOME).
We've also been involved in some human rights/education/dignity
fundraising campaigns and have funded a school for blind adults in
Nepal. These students will be trained in the ENglish language and
computing skills and those who show initiative and aptitude will also
be taught IT and programming skills. Nepal is a very poor country so
this project will make a huge impact on the students lucky enough to get
involved.
As implied above, the GNOME foundation also funds work on its
accessibility projects and is a worthwhile recipient of your generosity.
If you would like to give money to GNOME and want help on a
specification, requirements, roadmap, etc. feel free to contact me as
GNU and GNOME are good friends and we have some very high level
expertise in this area.
Happy Hacking,
cdh
rote:
From: Mario Lang<mlang delysid org>
I am basically wondering if there is an organisation which
collects donations dedicated to accessibility work in the open source
area.
If I wanted to donate a few bucks earmarked for
accessibility development, where would I go?
Well, one idea could be just became a GNOME friend.
http://www.gnome.org/friends/
You can specify on the comments how you would prefer to spent the
money. Not sure if you prefer something not so tied to GNOME, and more
about open source general accessibility.
Friend of GNOME allowed to run the accessibility outreach program.
Just a suggestion.
BR
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API (apinheiro igalia com)
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