This year, we have expanded the Randa Meetings fundraising campaign to include all KDE sprints. In addition to the Randa Meetings, various KDE work teams gather for a few days throughout the year to make exceptional progress that simply would not be possible working only via the Internet and email. As one long-time Randa participant said: -
In agile development; sprints are a very important element to push the project forward. While sprints can be done over the web, they are hindered by time-zones, external distractions, availability of contributors, etc. In-person sprints, even if those are few, are more productive as all the hindrances of the web meetings are eliminated and productivity is greatly enhanced.-
The results of sprints are directly reflected in the quality of KDE software for users. Consequently, sprints and similar high impact get-togethers are the primary use of funds within KDE. This means that the KDE Community consistently offers the best of Free and Open technology.
- -To support development sprints, we have set a fundraising goal of €. Please donate what you can to support KDE development. Any amount will help and is appreciated. The fundraising campaign will run until the end of the Randa Meetings on September 13th so that donors and users can share the experience and follow the progress. - -
Donors can choose to receive a memorable thank you from the Randa Meetings. If you want to receive a thank you from the Randa Meetings, please send an email to fundraiser@kde.org. Include your name, mailing address and the amount you donated.
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