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<font size="+1">Greetings to y'all!<br>
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Fwiw: if your objective is to withdraw from bountysource (@
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xfce">https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xfce</a> ) then the link to that
service should be removed from xfce's page ( @
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.xfce.org/getinvolved">https://www.xfce.org/getinvolved</a> ) sooner than later. As you can
see, donations are still flowing in, thus donors will have to be
contacted to redirect their payment directives -- not an easy
task, for sure...<br>
<br>
I have looked at kde.org, ubuntu-mate, mate-desktop, linux mint,
opencollective, patreon, and other paywalls, and would humbly
suggest to develop a PayPal-based solution. For the simple reason
that it their API works well and can be used internationally.
However, there's a rub: if the person/entity that manages (read:
admin & bank accounts) the PayPal account is a US-"taxpayer"
(has an SSN or applied for/uses an EIN), then the flow of
donations becomes subject to US tax-laws per se, and possibly tax
liabilities, and perhaps additional information-report filing
requirements (ie f1099) on US recipients of donated funds.<br>
<br>
On the up-side, Incorporating a non-profit corp / trustÂ
/foundation here in one of the US states is relatively simple and
cheap, but does require a "registered agent" (for legal process)
in the state of incorporation, ie Nevada or Washington. <br>
<br>
Just some constructive thoughts. Cheers, BW<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/19/21 5:31 PM,
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<p>That was definitely not the case. But thank you.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/18/21 6:23 PM, Yousuf Philips
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<div dir="ltr">After we got rejected, I had reached out to the
person handling social media for Endeavor and he found it
strange that Xfce would be rejected and said "If he [Kevin]
wanted to join the team, then I understand the rejection. This
is only reserved for the founders and our fiscal host. If he
has an Open Collective account he should be joining it. By it,
I mean the collective."
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 7:15
AM Kevin Bowen <<a href="mailto:kevin.bowen@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">kevin.bowen@gmail.com</a>>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It appears that Open
Collective has admitted an error and reversed their <br>
decision for not allowing Xfce to join one of their
communities/fiscal <br>
hosts. *shrug* I'll pick this up again next week.<br>
<br>
Kevin<br>
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On 4/15/21 1:41 PM, Kevin Bowen wrote:<br>
> Update:<br>
><br>
> Open Collective is quickly being moved off of the table
as a viable <br>
> fiscal host for the Xfce project.<br>
><br>
> I had applied to join one of there collective, and was
rejected <br>
> because Xfce did not meet their criteria.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://www.oscollective.org/#criteria"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.oscollective.org/#criteria</a><br>
><br>
> I can only guess that Xfce is not popular, or open
source enough for <br>
> them. Perhaps we don't have enough GitHub stars on our
repositories. <br>
> :-/ I don't really know as they have not responded to
my specific <br>
> questions.<br>
><br>
> I am still sort of engaged with them; but, this
reception may be a <br>
> good indicator that we may not want to deal with them.
We shall see.<br>
><br>
> Kevin<br>
><br>
> On 4/13/21 9:22 PM, Kevin Bowen wrote:<br>
>> Hello all,<br>
>><br>
>> The Xfce project is currently in the process of
looking to engage <br>
>> with a new<br>
>> organization to help us manage our collective funds
as well as allow <br>
>> us to<br>
>> solicit donations and encourage fundraising efforts
directed to end <br>
>> users who<br>
>> would like to support Xfce financially.<br>
>><br>
>> Back in June 2020, Simon had elaborated <br>
>> [here](<a
href="https://simon.shimmerproject.org/2020/06/18/why-bountysource-why/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://simon.shimmerproject.org/2020/06/18/why-bountysource-why/</a>)<br>
>> as well as <br>
>> [here](<a
href="https://simon.shimmerproject.org/2020/06/26/bountysource-update/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://simon.shimmerproject.org/2020/06/26/bountysource-update/</a>)<br>
>> on some of the issues encountered with Bountysource
and that Xfce <br>
>> has, subsequently,<br>
>> disabled its bug bounties and is looking to
separate from its <br>
>> association with<br>
>> Bountysource.<br>
>><br>
>> As of this month, the Xfce team is considering
signing up with <br>
>> [opencollective](<a
href="https://opencollective.com/" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://opencollective.com/</a>)
to assist us in <br>
>> managing donations and financial contributions.<br>
>><br>
>> There are a few other options/orgs that are still
being considered; <br>
>> but, opencollective is looking like a contender for
where we will be <br>
>> moving towards to manage collecting funds.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Hopefully, we can announce, in a few weeks, that we
are open for <br>
>> business; and,<br>
>> a few new donation buttons can be put up on our
pages. Perhaps we can <br>
>> even do a PR push to do a fundraiser. I am open to
suggestions on <br>
>> how, exactly, to pursue this.<br>
>><br>
>> That being said, I would like to open this up to
the general dev <br>
>> mailing list for discussion and feedback for at
least two weeks <br>
>> before we make a final decision. As of today, the
decision to go with <br>
>> opencollective is not yet final.<br>
>><br>
>> Any constructive feedback is welcome. Additionally,
we are open to <br>
>> considering other sites/orgs for handling our
donations.<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you,<br>
>><br>
>> kevin<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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