[DotGNU]<snip>: Linux Fund Grant Proposal

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Would this sort of thing be beneficial to DotGNU?

--
Stephen Compall
DotGNU `Contributor' -- http://dotgnu.org

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a
bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.
        -- RMS, accepting the Linus Torvalds Award for Community
        Service at LinuxWorld (9/1999)
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> GNU Enterprise: Linux Fund Grant Proposal
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> 29 Aug 2002 21:48:35 -0700
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> For those that are not familiar with The Linux Fund, it is a non-profit
> designed to try to raise money to put in the hands of Free/Open Software
> projects to help their development.
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> We had discussed submitting for a grant on several occassions but never
> actually did.  By chance someone submitted for a grant on behalf of GNUe
> and Linux Fund approached me on the validity of the submittal.  He
> strongly encouraged we go ahead and submit.  
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> So now we ask please register at Linux Fund and put some penguin pesos
> to vote for GNU Enterprise.  We do not see this as way to 'earn' a
> living or even cash in on GNUe.  We hope that it will afford us to get
> some better marketing materials printed and get us in more trade shows
> and possibly seed some merchandise creation so that we can start get
> funds to do more to support GNUe.
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> Furthermore since we are part of the Free Software Foundation you can
> make donations directly the Free Software Foundation and note you want
> the money to go to the GNU Enterprise project.  It is tax deductible in
> the United States.
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> Linux Fund
> http://www.linuxfund.org/
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> GNU Donation Page
> https://agia.fsf.org/mp/order.py?make-donation=1
> (you can earmark for GNUe in the mailing address field)
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> Another interesting tool available via FSF is something called Affero
> you can also donate to us (and many others) via this tool.
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> Affero
> http://www.affero.com
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> Derek Neighbors
> GNU Enterprise
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