Re: [tdf-discuss] Ways to collect Money for Attendance at Conferences / Hackfests etc.

Hi Andreas,

Andreas Mantke wrote on 2012-02-06 20:25:
> I came in a discussion with a core member of another OpenSource community (Plone)
> across the topic of collecting money for members that want to attend at a Conference
> or a Sprint (we call that Hackfest) and give there a presentation or work with others
> on a topic. She told me that the member runs a ChipIn then and regularly get the
> needed travel expenses.

thanks a lot for this proposal!

Indeed, I plan to run another round of fundraising after the foundation 
has been incorporated, with naming specific donation goals: travel 
funding, infrastructure, buildbots, merchandise etc.

From a tax perspective, it looks as if it should be no problem, since 
funds are transferred to PayPal afterwards. Do you know if the ChipIn 
take some fee from the incoming donations, or if they are passed on 1:1?

Apart from that - what would be the real benefit of using ChipIn, 
compared to e.g. letting people directly donate to our PayPal and bank 
account, with a progress meter shown on the page? ChipIn seems to 
automatically adjust the progress meter, while we would have to do it 
manually - but besides, any other advantages?

Florian

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