On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 08:58, Rajkumar S wrote:
Nagarjuna G. wrote:
FSF India needs money to promote software freedom in our region. Please donate!
If specific projects that requires assistance are mentioned, that has a better chance of getting donation.
We need money to make brochures, leaflets, stickers, posters (publicity material), for travel of volunteers to various places for arranging programs and talking to different bodies, for attending meetings, for taking part with networking organizations, for running the office on a regular basis, for an accountant and auditor, for getting several articles translated and printed and distributed, for hosting (so that we remain independent of organizations like TIFR which are built for meeting different objectives) our websites and mailing lists, for meeting telephone expenses of the office and on event basis, for office secretary. These are all mandatory and unavoidable expenses. Apart from this we do need to sometimes compensate for the services of programmers who helped in executing the projects taken by fsf india. And now and then for public interest litigations etc.
we are also launching a membership scheme, publishing and distributing of goodies like tshirts, etc for regular revenue.
It will also help if you can post the audited statements of previous years, so that (prospective) donors can see that their donations are well spend, it will also guarantee that any amount will be spend for defending freedom.
Audited accounts could be published or made available at the request at the registered office, and fsf India will be accountable to the supporting community.
Nagarjuna