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Re: KiCad joins the Linux Foundation

 

It looks good to me :)

søn. 24. nov. 2019 02.50 skrev Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>:

> 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
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > --
>> >     > Mark
>> >
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