[Mageia-discuss] Some news about donations

Marc Paré marc at marcpare.com
Sat Sep 25 00:30:38 CEST 2010


Le 2010-09-24 17:45, Olivier Méjean a écrit :
> Hi guys !
>
> As promised some news about donations.
>
> At the moment, more than 1800€ has been raised on paypal account which create
> some trouble. As we have just set up our paypal account for Mageia and as we
> received many donations for Mageia, we have some limitations by paypal. I've
> send many documents to remove those limitations yesterday and today. So i hope
> limitations will be removed soon.
>
> Why do i speak about limitations, that's because at the very moment we cannot
> overpass 2000€ for the incoming money, so you see the point. I keep on eye on
> our paypal account to notice any change.
>
> Slightly more than 700€ of donation by bank transfert. This is the solution i
> recommend even if you may need to go to your bank, there is no limitation
>
> And 50€ by check if my treasurer's information is right :)
>
> So that's more than 2500€ for now, keep on, share the adress :
> http://donate.mageia.org
>
> Stay tuned for next news !!
>
> Thanks
>
>

Wow! Good news considering the little time this has been running.

Is there anything that we could do to help raise the $$$ amount 
restrictions. Some of our community members may have some financial 
clout. Why/what are the limitations.

Marc



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