gEDA-user: Funding for server

[John Griessen <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Clifton wrote:

> It wouldn't take many people willing to contribute Â2 per month (say),
> to fund a server, but getting infrastructure set up to make this kind of
> donation would be a pain.

There is chipin.com

"ChipIn does not charge any fees to organizers and contributors of events
that send payments directly to the Organizerâs PayPal account. However,
PayPal Premier or Business accounts may be subject to fees from PayPal."

It is a site that accounts for pledges.  It could help with infrastructure so that small
payments can be made via the free gift mode of paypal... and if spread out enough, the recipient
does not require a pro account with fees, which happens above $500 per month.

If a chipin "event" fund campaign was started for every 6 months of fees, it would be just $180
and wouldn't go over the paypal gift limit.  Getting this to happen again and again would be easy.
they have tools for it -- "Promote  Embed the ChipIn Widget on your favorite Web site or create your own ChipIn page at 
yourname.chipin.com"

John


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