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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was wondering about that myself.  We can try a donate page and see how
it works.  We can always change it if we don't like it.

On 11/22/19 3:53 PM, Mark Roszko wrote:
> I'm not sure about adding a second button in the header.
> 
> I am envisioning creating a "Donate" page with both CERN and Linux
> foundation options presented clearly with one big button for each and a
> small blurb for what each does. The header will go to this intermediate
> page.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:50 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 11/22/19 2:39 PM, Mark Roszko wrote:
>     >> I need to add a "Donate via Linux Foundation" button to the KiCad
>     > website main page. 
>     >
>     > But is it in addition to or to replace CERN?
> 
>     In addition to.
> 
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:03 PM Wayne Stambaugh
>     <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I just pushed a blog post to the KiCad website that KiCad has
>     joined the
>     >     Linux Foundation so consider this the official announcement.  The
>     >     project did this to give donors a choice of how they want to
>     donate to
>     >     KiCad and it gives us some more flexibility on how we can
>     spend donation
>     >     money.  This does not in any way change our relationship with
>     CERN and
>     >     you can continue to donate via CERN if that is your
>     preference.  You
>     >     should be seeing announcements from the Linux Foundation shortly.
>     >
>     >     I need to add a "Donate via Linux Foundation" button to the KiCad
>     >     website main page.  If someone would please point me to the
>     correct
>     >     place in the website source where I need to do this, I would
>     appreciate
>     >     it.  If you would rather do it yourself, the KiCad LF donation
>     link is
>     >     https://funding.communitybridge.org/projects/kicad.
>     >
>     >     Who has the account login information for the KiCad Facebook
>     page?  I
>     >     didn't create this so it would be nice if I had edit access so
>     I could
>     >     post announcements there instead of asking someone else to do it.
>     >
>     >     I hope joining the Linux Foundation will improve our potential
>     donor
>     >     visibility so we can continue to grow the KiCad project. 
>     Thank you all
>     >     for your continued support.
>     >
>     >     Cheers,
>     >
>     >     Wayne
>     >
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> Mark