> From: Geoffrey Broadwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:20 PM > > On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 18:45 -0500, Joshua Gatcomb wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. Allow people to choose where their money will go (if that's what > they > > want to do) > > > Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that this can't be done > directly because of rules surrounding TPF's non-profit status. Someone > else pointed out the problems with TPF officers benefitting directly > from the donations, even though some of the current and former TPF > officers would be great candidates for support. > > Which made me think ... wasn't this why Mozilla created a corporation? > Personally, I think it's ridiculous that a non-profit can't be an > umbrella facilitator for directed donations (if that is in fact the > case). But if that is really the way of things, can TPF go the Mozilla > route to break the logjam?
Or could we even just go to that Mozilla corporation? Given that Mozilla is a Perl 6 supporter, would they be willing to handle earmarked Perl 6 donations in lieu of TPF (for a limited time, say 2 years)? Their major name recognition as a solid entity could be very helpful in attracting major donations prior to Perl 6's first production release. Best regards, Conrad Schneiker www.AthenaLab.com http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6 Official Perl 6 Wiki http://www.perlfoundation.org/parrot Official Parrot Wiki
