Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Thousands of donors contribute €50,000 in just eight days to The Document Foundation

Hi,

Congratulations, this demonstrates the power of community. Viva LibreOffice
and freedom.

Clóvis

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Florian Effenberger <
floeff@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

> Thousands of donors contribute €50,000 in just eight days to The Document
> Foundation
>
> LibreOffice Community accomplishes next major milestone
> Ongoing donations to support marketing, infrastructure and development
>
>
> The Community around LibreOffice, the free personal productivity suite, has
> accomplished the next major milestone in establishing The Document
> Foundation as a legal entity. In just eight days, some 2,000 donors from all
> over the world contributed €50,000 for the capital stock necessary to set-up
> the legal entity in Germany.
>
> "We still can't believe it," says Florian Effenberger, Steering Committee
> member. "It happened in such a short period of time and was beyond our
> wildest expectations. You all really rock! On behalf of the Community, the
> Steering Committee would like to thank all the donors for their generous
> support."
>
> The €50,000 collected will form the Foundation's paid-up capital, ensuring
> a permanent future for the organization after the legal paperwork is
> complete, based in Germany. The capital will be frozen assets for the
> Foundation: the funds cannot be spent, and we will be able to avail just the
> annual interest. All money donated from now on will actually bankroll our
> ongoing running costs for things such as marketing, hardware,
> infrastructure, attending trade shows, initial financing of merchandising
> material and, of course, developing new and exciting ideas.
>
> "So we still need your support: Every donation helps to pay for our future
> operational running," Effenberger adds.
>
> Details on how to donate to The Document Foundation and how the money will
> be spent are available at http://challenge.documentfoundation.org
>
> Information about LibreOffice can be found at http://www.libreoffice.org
> The home of The Document Foundation is at
> http://www.documentfoundation.org
>
>
> About The Document Foundation
>
> The Document Foundation has the mission of facilitating the evolution of
> the LibreOffice community into a new, open, independent, and meritocratic
> organization over the next few months. An independent Foundation is a better
> reflection of the values of our contributors, users and supporters, and will
> enable a more effective, efficient and transparent community. TDF will
> protect past investments by building on the achievements of the first
> decade, will encourage wide participation within the community, and will
> co-ordinate activity across the community.
>
> Media Contacts
>
> Florian Effenberger (Germany)
> Mobile: +49 151 14424108 - E-mail: floeff@documentfoundation.org
> Olivier Hallot (Brazil)
> Mobile: +55 21 88228812 - E-mail: olivier.hallot@documentfoundation.org
> Charles H. Schulz (France)
> Mobile: +33 6 98655424 - E-mail: charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org
> Italo Vignoli (Italy)
> Mobile: +39 348 5653829 - E-mail: italo.vignoli@documentfoundation.org
>
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