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Re: KiCad joins the Linux Foundation

 

Hello Wayne,

I have already added you as page admin, please accept the request you will
get in facebook.

Thanks.
Sujith

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 5:15 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
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