[kdenlive] contributions

[Mario Fux]

Am Dienstag, 21. Juli 2015, 10.08:54 schrieb Jos Poortvliet:
> Guys,

Morning guys

Just a short reminder:
We plan to start the KDE Sprint/Randa fundraiser on the 1st of August and will 
have an IRC meeting before and thus next week:
http://doodle.com/thrmkuabib2zc53y

Please don't start something before this date and let's try to coordinate as 
much as possible.

Thanks and best greetings from Randa with just occasional online phases till 
Saturday
Mario

> Seeing the success of the fundraising campaing you did and some of the
> comments on the blog:
> https://kdenlive.org/users/ttill/kdenlive-fundraising-campaign
> 
> Two thoughts:
> This page should link to a place where people can donate:
> https://kdenlive.org/contribution-manual
> You could link to https://www.kde.org/community/donations/index.php
> You could point out that you can add a comment to donations "for Kdenlive".
> Not that the money would go to kdenlive specifically, and you can't promise
> that - just say that people can add that comment. It will show how much
> support Kdenlive gets and while all KDE money is for all KDE projects, this
> can and probably should have an impact on sponsorship decisions. Plus, it
> makes you feel good ;-)
> 
> You could even ask KDE e.V. If they could make sure that people can add
> comments like that to donations and if they can add that to that page. But
> I think it's already possible.
> 
> 
> Second - do more fundraisers. Use it for Randa, use it for other things
> like a 'custom' summer of code or something. It isn't just to get money -
> people LIKE to support a project, it makes them more dedicated fans. So
> you help them by letting them help you ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jos