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Re: KiCad joins the Linux Foundation

 

Hi Sujith,

I got it.  Thank you.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 11/22/19 10:09 PM, Sujith Anandan wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>     > <mailto: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>>
>     >     > <mailto: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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