Sounds good, although we can't always rely on them, since mailouts will grow. Maybe apply for grants and accept donations? Akash <div>On 8/13/06, David Drury <<a href="mailto:idavid@atdotdotnet.net">idavid@atdotdotnet.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Greetings, Linux Australia will give grants for linux related projects. This seems a worthy cause, so I doubt that they'd have much objection to approving a grant. Details on <a href="http://www.linux.org.au"> http://www.linux.org.au</a> cya Akash Mehta writes: > As someone else suggested, we could accept donations and arrange a > donation > system (paypal?), I'd be happy to help set up a web based donation system > if > a long standing member (or yourself) has a PayPal account. > > Akash > > On 8/13/06, Peter baker <<a href="mailto:jellyware@gmail.com">jellyware@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> hey guys >> >> the local mailout of free install discs has been suspended till further >> notice.  I have been doing it as a free community service for the last >> few >> months, and now it is at a stage where its starting to be too big for me >> to >> handle >> >> yesterday we had 4 requests for ubuntu cd's to be mailed out.  for a long >> time there we were averaging 1 a day, but suddenly this has shot up to >> 2-3 a >> day.  this gets kinda expensive. >> >> I quite enjoy doing the actual mailing, its the financial side I don't >> like.  so if anyone has any suggestions on how to raise money for the >> mailout I'm all ears >> >> peter (my email address on the wiki and <a href="http://ubuntu.com.au">ubuntu.com.au</a> is >> <a href="mailto:sydneypete@gmail.com">sydneypete@gmail.com</a> ) >> >> -- >> <a href="http://www.peterbaker.id.au">www.peterbaker.id.au</a> >> Registered Linux user # 420363 >> >> -- >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> >> >> >> -- David Drury Network Administrator Peregrine Corporation "He's mostly dead, Jim. Get Miracle Max" -- ubuntu-au mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> </blockquote></div>