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Re: KiCad joins the Linux Foundation

 

The attempt I took on adding TLF is live.

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 8:45 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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Mark

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