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These are good reminders. +</I> +Yes - that's a great idea. + +><i> > Third, I'd like to carefully insert the possibility of people +</I>><i> > contributing money into *some* of the texts we send out to +</I>><i> > journalists - this is the one that's most sensitive, so feedback +</I>><i> > please! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Not sure what you mean here? +</I> +If we're asked (as for the Inquirer article) to put some words into +someone else's article, do we want to add Donations as a way people +can contribute? + +Cheers! + +-- +Trish Fraser, JD9R RQ2D +52.4161N,16.9303E +ma jun 6 22:56:38 CEST 2011 +GNU/Linux 1997-2010 #283226 counter.li.org +andromeda up 4 hour(s), 53 min. +kernel 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga +-- +-------------- next part -------------- +A non-text attachment was scrubbed... +Name: signature.asc +Type: application/pgp-signature +Size: 490 bytes +Desc: not available +URL: </pipermail/mageia-artwork/attachments/20110606/fc0dbfb5/attachment.asc> +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000485.html">[Mageia-artwork] Your Bugzilla bug list needs attention. +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000490.html">[Mageia-artwork] Getting the Donations requests out there +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#488">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#488">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#488">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#488">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-artwork">More information about the Mageia-artwork +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |