Hi all,
one question that was asked: How much donations come in? That varies. Some month it is $10, occasionally it can be $100.
What Bastien and I have done in the past is use this money in a more or less private way. I think Bastien has at some point replaced his laptop in this way, and all in all I have done the same, I think. This felt OK previously, but it is not longer the right thing as far as I am concerned.
I have seen a few good ideas here.
1. Send it to the FSF. That is a possibility, but lets first try to do something more Org specific
2. A Mug for every contributor. Stretches the available budget, and is work.
We could make a list of contributors and start from the most commits or something.
3. Help organise a conference. That would be a very good goal. Are there any plans to organise a conference?
4. Redistribute to the most active developers for lighting up their day.
I propose the following: Starting March 1, I will report here the donations I get once a month, and we will keep track of it and find a good way to spend it. So far this month: $66. Lets revisit the discussion in 2 or three months. Maybe by then there will be plans for a conference, if not, we see.
- Carsten