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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Negative feedback about KDE non-openmindedness in german  Heise-Forum
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-02-21 19:22:09
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On Thursday 21 February 2002 01:48 am, Eva Brucherseifer wrote:
> And KDE e.V. I know about Martin Konold, Chris Schläger, Mirko.
> Anyone else?

The board of KDE e.V. consists of Chris Schlaeger, Kurt Granroth, Mirko Boehm 
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 either 
from individuals or companies. There are some companies that donate a part of 
the profit on KDE related articles to KDE e.V. (On the KDE website it is 
listed when a company promises to do that I believe.) This year KDE e.v. also 
received some prize money associated with prizes won by KDE.

Basically KDE e.V. does not have any substantial source of structural revenue. 
Nor is KDE e.V. actively involved in raising funds at the moment. As far as I 
know all donations are initiated by the donor.

Some large donations are listed on http://www.kde.org/thanks.html (I don't 
which time-frame this covers though, cvs should be able to tell you) There 
are also donors that wish to remain anonymous.

Most of the money spent by KDE e.V. is spent on reimbursing travel costs for 
developers who attend events to represent KDE. The policy is that organizers 
of events should reimburs KDE representatives but in cases where that is not 
feasible KDE e.V. is usually able to step in. 

To qualify for reimbursement by KDE e.V. you need to send a request to Mirko 
for approval before the event takes place. In general Mirko will reimburse 
you afterwards after receiving your receipts but if you can not afford to pay 
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 money
> by "official KDE" to organize events and to have a transparent procedure
> for this. 

I prefer to see the "official KDE" better organized. After all, as you stated 
correctly, KDE e.V. was made for exactly that purpose. At the moment KDE e.v. 
is almosty exclusively being handled by Mirko alone.

[Mirko: I believe this report to be accurate, but can you correct any 
inaccuracies? Will there be a published financial report for 2001?]

Cheers,
Waldo
-- 
Advanced technology only happens when people take a basic idea and add to it.
 -- Bob Bemer


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