From kde-promo Thu Feb 21 19:22:09 2002 From: Waldo Bastian Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:22:09 +0000 To: kde-promo Subject: Re: [kde-promo] Negative feedback about KDE non-openmindedness in german Heise-Forum X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-promo&m=101431947620020 On Thursday 21 February 2002 01:48 am, Eva Brucherseifer wrote: > And KDE e.V. I know about Martin Konold, Chris Schl=E4ger, Mirko. > Anyone else? The board of KDE e.V. consists of Chris Schlaeger, Kurt Granroth, Mirko B= oehm=20 and Preston Brown. Mirko is the treasurer. KDE e.V. has 46 members, /me being one of them. > At german expos we so far received and are receiving money by KDE e.V. = I > asked where the money comes from, but I got only very vague answers. > I also got the information that it is not very much. KDE e.V. receives its money primarily in the form of one-time donations e= ither=20 from individuals or companies. There are some companies that donate a par= t of=20 the profit on KDE related articles to KDE e.V. (On the KDE website it is=20 listed when a company promises to do that I believe.) This year KDE e.v. = also=20 received some prize money associated with prizes won by KDE. Basically KDE e.V. does not have any substantial source of structural rev= enue.=20 Nor is KDE e.V. actively involved in raising funds at the moment. As far = as I=20 know all donations are initiated by the donor. Some large donations are listed on http://www.kde.org/thanks.html (I don'= t=20 which time-frame this covers though, cvs should be able to tell you) Ther= e=20 are also donors that wish to remain anonymous. Most of the money spent by KDE e.V. is spent on reimbursing travel costs = for=20 developers who attend events to represent KDE. The policy is that organiz= ers=20 of events should reimburs KDE representatives but in cases where that is = not=20 feasible KDE e.V. is usually able to step in.=20 To qualify for reimbursement by KDE e.V. you need to send a request to Mi= rko=20 for approval before the event takes place. In general Mirko will reimburs= e=20 you afterwards after receiving your receipts but if you can not afford to= pay=20 for your travel upfront it's possible to seek for other arrangements. > Well, maybe we should all forget about the idea, to steadily get some m= oney > by "official KDE" to organize events and to have a transparent procedur= e > for this.=20 I prefer to see the "official KDE" better organized. After all, as you st= ated=20 correctly, KDE e.V. was made for exactly that purpose. At the moment KDE = e.v.=20 is almosty exclusively being handled by Mirko alone. [Mirko: I believe this report to be accurate, but can you correct any=20 inaccuracies? Will there be a published financial report for 2001?] Cheers, Waldo --=20 Advanced technology only happens when people take a basic idea and add to= it. -- Bob Bemer _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.