LoCo donations idea

[Leo Gomez]

2007/9/27, Richard A. Johnson <nixternal at ubuntu.com>:
>
> OK, let me clear a couple myths I have seen thus far:
>
> I just seen that Leo said "not accept any money but instead let the
> sponsors
> pay for the expenses directly to the providers." I can say this as a
> business
> owner, I am not going to pay your expenses w/o any cut back, and either
> are
> 99% of the other business. They want to donate the money. Why? Because
> they
> get it back in taxes at the end of the year.


Richard,

I agree that it can be a problem in the US, but in our countries (at least
where I live) there are no such laws as tax refunds for donating money to
non profit organizations. I can mention our SFD event, for example, we
managed to get a few sponsor that didn't give a single cent, but instead
contributed with printing flyers, CDs, and other.

PS: I also think that Fedora and SuSE are doing a great job marketing their
distros.
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