Donation page for Outreachy
Synopsis
Fundraising page to collect donations for funding internship(s) for promotion of diversity in FOSS development.
Audience
- People and companies wishing to promote diversity in the Free/Open Source Software movement
- Donors wishing to get more students involved in Inkscape development
- Potential students and mentors
Title
TBD
Author
TBD
Publication Channels
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Website -
Twitter post ( @ ryangorley ) -
Facebook group post ( @ t1mj0nes ) -
Mastodon post ( @ ryangorley ) -
Forums ( @ brynn or @ Lazur ) -
google+ ( @ prokoudine, @ ryangorley or @ CRogers ) -
deviantArt ( @ doctormo or @ Lazur ) -
openClipart ( @ Lazur ) -
facebook (@ rsterbal )
SFC has created a new paypal button we can use to collect donations targeted towards diversity focused internship programs, such as Outreachy. While this fund is technically not limited to Outreachy, that is the only program we're aware of and what we're going to be targeting for this, primarily.
The HTML for the button is:
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" />
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="XJSNUYGJ2ZFME" />
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" title="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" alt="Donate with PayPal button" />
</form>
Also see our Support > Hackfests page for reference, as we have a similar button on that page.
Máirín Duffy wrote, mid-feb:
The next Outreachy round is opening up Feb 18 [2019]. I think our status right now is that the Inkscape Board voted on:
"Inkscape will begin earmarking of donations for the Outreachy internship program, with the goal of participating in one or more Outreachy slots."
Back in Sept as required by the sfconservancy to start fundraising for the slot. What still needs to be done I think is per ticket #1593 having bkuhn set up a donate button for funds earmarked for Outreachy. [This is now done -- bryce]
What I propose to do is to go ahead and have the Outreachy-specific donate button set up, and to start fundraising with an eye towards [a future] round of Outreachy.
The Inkscape Board has already voted approval for this fundraising effort, so the web page can be published live as soon as it is ready.