[p2pu-dev] [p2pu-community] Re: A PayPal Donate Button for P2PU

Mon Dec 5 18:12:18 UTC 2011

+1 Arlton - Therefore the community can influence the direction of their
funds.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:55 AM, MJ Advincula <mj.advincula at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it'd be nice if there'd be more than one target at a time so that
> people/donors can pick where they want to donate to most. Like how you can
> buy cloth for the sails or bolts or just any part of the boat for Rainbow
> Warrior III - by Greenpeace.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Alison Cole <alison at p2pu.org> wrote:
>
>> It'd be cool to have response messages that let the donor know they "just
>> helped make the site more readable" or "helped fund a new schools outreach
>> program in Nairobi", etc..
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Rebecca Kahn <bekka.kahn at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  That's a good question MJ, and I think it will be something that we're
>>> planning to do once we get our fundraising campaigns up and running.
>>>
>>> One of the discussions at the workshop in Berlin was about this, and we
>>> agreed that targeted campaigns would be the most effective way to raise
>>> money - that is, asking for a specific target (say, U$5000) to pay for x
>>> amount of hours of development work, or to build a new tool or buy more
>>> server space, for example. I don't think we'd ever just assume that people
>>> will donate money without knowing where it will be going.
>>>
>>> B
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 November 2011 03:33, MJ Advincula <mj.advincula at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, so there'll be a PayPal donate button on P2PU.
>>>>
>>>> However, I think it'll also be a good idea if someone will right a
>>>> little something about where those donations are headed.
>>>>
>>>>  On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Rebecca Kahn <bekka at p2pu.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hello good people
>>>>>
>>>>> As most of you will know, one of the outcomes of the last board
>>>>> meeting was that the Board have agreed that we should actively pursue small
>>>>> donations as a means of fundraising for P2PU. One relatively easy way to do
>>>>> this would be to set up a PayPal Donate button on the site, which will
>>>>> allow people to make small donations (under U$100 000) to P2PU through the
>>>>> site.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been looking into the logistics of this, and it's a relatively
>>>>> simple and straightforward process (if anyone is particularly interested,
>>>>> you can find the details of how to do it on PayPal's Donations page:
>>>>> http://bit.ly/b8srqy). We just need to create a PayPal Business
>>>>> account, register with them as a nonprofit, supply them with some
>>>>> documentation, and then put a donate button on the site.
>>>>>
>>>>> There were a couple of issues that various members of the community
>>>>> were concerned about, and I think I have answers for you on all of them:
>>>>>
>>>>> Q:  Do donors need a PayPal account to make a donation?
>>>>> A: No! Yay! Donors can use a PayPal account or a credit/debit card to
>>>>> make a donation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Q: Will it cost us more than the donation is worth to accept small
>>>>> donations?
>>>>> A: No! Yay! The pricing on donations between U$0 and U$100,000 is 2.2%
>>>>> + $0.30 and we can set the minimum donation, so it will never cost us to
>>>>> accept a donation.
>>>>>
>>>>> So the next step will be for us to set up the account, sort out the
>>>>> documentation, and get the button on the site. Once that's all organised,
>>>>> we can start thinking about formalising and creating a killer campaign that
>>>>> will get the money rolling in.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone has any questions about this, or want to discuss it a bit
>>>>> more, please feel free to do so, either here, or off-list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's to making our first million by the end of 2012...
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Bekka
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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