Re: [Koha] Update on International Koha Fund - THE PAYPAL donate button CODE

[Brendan Gallagher]

Awesome -

In my opinion we should wait a few days to make sure that anyone that has
objections can voice them before we place that on the koha-community.org
website.  Please comment here or even on the bug.

Thanks,
Brendan

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Liz Rea <l...@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please file a bug in the community tracker under "website" for anything
> that you'd like added to the website regarding this fund and
> functionality, and I'll have a look at it straight away.
>
> That goes for any other questions/comments/suggestions/bugs regarding
> the website as well.
>
> Cheers,
> Liz
>
> On 21/05/15 09:42, Joann Ransom wrote:
> > <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"; method="post"
> target="_top">
> > <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
> > <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="MDY79FZJ9Q574">
> > <input type="image" src="
> https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif"; border="0"
> name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
> > <img alt="" border="0" src="
> https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif"; width="1" height="1">
> > </form>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joann Ransom
> > Sent: Thursday, 21 May 2015 9:40 a.m.
> > To: 'Brendan Gallagher'; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
> > Subject: RE: [Koha] Update on International Koha Fund
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Yes the MOU has been established - can be viewed here:
> http://kete.library.org.nz/site/documents/show/375-mou-for-koha-fund-2015
> >
> > It might be an idea to link to it from the Wiki.
> >
> > The Paypal donate button code is here - and anyone is welcome to add
> this to their websites to encourage donations. The funds can accumulate in
> the Koha Development Fund bank account, accumulating interest, until the
> Grants distribution mechanisms are in place.
> >
> > Cheers Jo.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of
> Brendan Gallagher
> > Sent: Thursday, 21 May 2015 9:15 a.m.
> > To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
> > Subject: [Koha] Update on International Koha Fund
> >
> > Hello All -
> >
> > I have been quite busy lately and I haven't been able to get an update
> out.  (You'll notice that I have not even been present in IRC)  We had some
> family trips.
> >
> > Anyways, the updates you've all been waiting for.
> >
> > 1. From Joann - the MOU has been passed around and signed by everyone so
> far (I believe - Jo please correct me here if I am wrong on that).  So that
> means we are totally ready to start collecting money since THT has
> established a bank account for the Fund.  YAY on that.  We do have some
> code for a paypal button, that we could put on the homepage of
> koha-community.org immediately - but that really needs to be decided by
> the community as a whole.  Let's vote at the next general meeting about
> that.
> >
> > 2. I have completed a draft of the ByLaws for the committee.  That has
> been passed around to the committee members of the Fund for review,
> additions, and comments.  We have set a 1 week timeline from today for the
> completion of that.  After that we will release it to the whole community
> for additional comments, additions, and questions.  We should have 1~2
> weeks of it being publicly available for review before it is voted on at a
> general irc meeting.
> >
> > 3. ByWater Solutions, Biblibre, and PTFS-Europe have all pledged to
> submit money to the International Koha Fund to help seed the fund
> immediately and once we are ready to roll.  That way we have some money to
> do some good projects for the community.
> >
> > 4. Jonathan Druart has resigned from Biblibre effective May 1st and is
> currently unemployed.  I propose the we use some of the money of the Fund
> to hire him as a contractor to a) sign-off on bugs b) QA bugs c) clean up
> bugzilla (for example we have a large number of bugs that are major or
> critical for some that have no patches even written for them, plus there is
> also a bunch of other clean up that will help every other developer in the
> community - that honestly none of us really have time to do).  Since he has
> no allegiance to a support provider - he is exactly the third party person
> we are looking for.
> >
> > Please discuss and I'm sorry to have missed the last general meeting.
> >
> > Thanks and Cheers,
> > Brendan Gallagher
> > _______________________________________________
> > Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
> >
> >
> #####################################################################################
> > This e-mail message and any attached files may contain confidential
> information, and
> > may be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the
> intended recipient,
> > please delete. Unless formally stated, this e-mail and any attachments
> do not
> > necessarily reflect the views of the the The Horowhenua Trust.
> >
> > The Horowhenua Trust takes extensive precautions with the aim of
> detecting and removing any
> > virus or defects from its e-mail system but accepts no liability for
> loss or damage
> > should this e-mail not be virus or defect free or should there be any
> errors in
> > transmission.
> >
> >
> #####################################################################################
> > _______________________________________________
> > Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
> > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
> > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
>
> --
> --
> Liz Rea
> Catalyst.Net Limited
> Level 6, Catalyst House,
> 150 Willis Street, Wellington.
> P.O Box 11053, Manners Street,
> Wellington 6142
>
> GPG: B149 A443 6B01 7386 C2C7 F481 B6c2 A49D 3726 38B7
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
>
>
_______________________________________________
Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha