[kwlug disc.] FLOSS Fund update

[Unsolicited at gto.net]

Ah, did that sneak in? I'm sorry, mangler is a spelling mistake for (floss
fund) manager. 

-----Original Message-----
From: kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Bruner
Sent: December 15, 2006 9:38 AM
To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
Subject: Re: [kwlug disc.] FLOSS Fund update

What's a mangler?

Unsolicited at gto.net wrote:
> <sigh>
>   
<snip>
> P.S. I would like to suggest this addendum ... at the meeting the 
> manglers randomly choose an audience member to join their ranks that 
> month. If that makes up an odd number of manglers, then a 2nd is 
> chosen. We will trust the manglers to choose wisely and gain the 
> chosen's consent. i.e. Not their best buddy, or at least not _every_ 
> month, and not John, Richard, Paul, Charles, recent presenters, or any 
> other high-visibility people. i.e. Drag a lurker into this small 
> interactive involvement. [Usually the sucker, er, volunteer, will just 
> say "Whatever you guys want."]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org 
> [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> Sent: December 14, 2006 8:05 PM
> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> Subject: [kwlug disc.] FLOSS Fund update
>
>
> 	I think we might be able to start making contributions to the fund 
> for January's meeting. I think I can secure a "fishbowl" (which will 
> be an old chocolate-powder tin), and Andrew and Adam are anxiously 
> waiting for people to give them money. The big barrier for me is 
> figuring out how to select one of the nominated projects. So far we have:
>
> 0. Drupal (nominated by Chris B on the mailing list -- put this on the
> 	website!)
> 1. The FSF (nominated by Chris B some time ago on the mailing list -- put
> 	this on the website! I am sure they take donations but I have not
> 	looked for the link yet.)
> 2. Trixbox.org (nominated by Unsolicited on the mailing list -- put this
> 	on the website!)
> 3. Open Source Labs (nominated by me)
> 4. The Public Patent Foundation (nominated by Richard. He doesn't state
> 	that they accept donations, but they have a PayPal link) 5. CLUE 
> (nominated by Richard, but I can't see whether they accept
> 	donations or not)
> 6. openstreetmap.org (nominated by Richard. They appear to accept
> 	donations via PayPal:
> 	http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OpenStreetMap:Site_support)
>
>
> 	So which project do we choose? How?
>
> 	We could choose this during the next meeting, but I would prefer 
> knowing the selection beforehand so we can announce it on the announce
list.
>
> --
> Paul Nijjar
> http://fairvotecanada.org/WaterlooRegion
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