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Re: Donate to Yorba

 

Correction: it looks like they opted for the fixed funding model, so yeah,
they only get the money if they reach the goal.
On Mar 25, 2013 3:21 PM, "Cassidy James" <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> They get the money no matter what (unlike Kickstarter). The difference is
> the fee that IndieGoGo takes: 4% of the donations if the goal is reached,
> 9% if it's not.
>
> Source: http://www.indiegogo.com/indiegogo-faq
> On Mar 25, 2013 3:18 PM, "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> As far as I know, they only get the money if they make $100k
>>
>> Yea I was also thinking somewhere in the realm of $100
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:15 PM, David Gomes <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> 100,000$ is a lot of spaghetti! I didn't even know we (elementary) had
>>> money, but if so, I don't see why we shouldn't donate something like
>>> 50-100$.
>>>
>>> I don't know indiegogo works, but do they also get the money if they
>>> don't make 100,000$? I'm afraid that they won't get 100,000$, even though
>>> I'd like that very much.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Yorba just launched their crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. As you
>>>> all know, we ship two of their apps default, so we definitely owe them in
>>>> terms of making our desktop complete and functional.
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering if we shouldn't donate (as elementary) to Yorba's
>>>> campaign? And if so, how much?
>>>>
>>>> Here's the link to their IndieGoGo page:
>>>> http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/geary-a-beautiful-modern-open-source-email-client
>>>>
>>>> Please share it and feel free to donate on your own as well :)
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Foré
>>>>
>>>> elementaryos.org
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
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>>
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