On Tuesday 17 July 2007 05:26, Troy Daniels wrote: > Hi, > > John Drescher wrote: > >> I was just looking around on the website to figure out how to make a > >> donation, and it isn't at all obvious to me how to do that. Maybe having > >> a link on the side bar to donations would help? There is a high > >> "reluctance factor" to making donations. If people make a 2-3 minute > >> effort, and it isn't immediately obvious how to give money, or it seems > >> a pain, then they are likely to just skip it. Not that I think that this > >> would suddenly make donations high enough to fund the project, but it > >> certainly couldn't hurt... > >> > > I believe the donation button was removed because very few have contributed. > > > > Well that's just silly - how are we supposed to contribute if there is > no button? :)
Yes, it is perhaps a bit silly, and I really appreciate those who wish to donate, but rather than receive criticisms for receiving donations, I prefer to work on a service where consumers who have the means will pay a modest fee for what they use. > > Especially now with the proposed changes being announced, and awareness > of the projects need for donations being highlighted so well in the > mailing lists, I'd say the button should make a reappearance! > > For what it's worth, doing a search on 'Donations' on the Bacula site > located the appropriate page at: Pretty clever of you :-) > > http://www.bacula.org/?page=makedonation Yes, the page is still there. I just removed the link. > > However I couldn't find any links to that page from the rest of the site. > > Troy. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-beta mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-beta > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
