So every few months, I buy a piece of SeaMonkey swag. I have a couple mugs (one has a really jacked up logo), an apron, couple t-shirts, tote bag, etc (wish there was pint glasses. With a non-jacked up logo, of course). I always figured this was probably the preferred method of donation due to:
-Advertisement (the mugs and aprons are on public display at the café I run)
-Whatever SeaMonkey's cut is, they get all of it. Rather than Elon Musk grabbing a percentage via Paypal
However, I was looking over the meeting minutes from the past couple months, and the subject of perhaps holding a pledge drive continues to be raised. Which got me questioning if the council would actually prefer straight donations over swag purchases. I mean, either/or is irrelevant to me, as it's not like I need SeaMonkey t-shirts and stickers. As stated, the mugs do serve a function (not as much as pint glasses would)--but also as stated--Zazzle's quality control could use a little more control, so it's not like I'm relying on them. So whatever the method most preferred, and would do the most good, is a-OK with me.
Straight Donations vs SeaMonkey Swag
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Re: Straight Donations vs SeaMonkey Swag
Sorry for the late reply. I am not familir with the Zazzle shop and how much we get out of it. Reminds me to check with mcsmurf. Was set up way before I started contributing.
If you want to spread the word giving away a mug is great. If you want us the get the whole donation then yes it is very likely we get a much greater percentage of the donated amount this way. Just the paypal fees are substracted. Either way thanks for the donations.
FRG
If you want to spread the word giving away a mug is great. If you want us the get the whole donation then yes it is very likely we get a much greater percentage of the donated amount this way. Just the paypal fees are substracted. Either way thanks for the donations.
FRG
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Re: Straight Donations vs SeaMonkey Swag
So straight donation IS preferred?
(sorry, you kind of say both. But I think that's what you mean)
(sorry, you kind of say both. But I think that's what you mean)
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Re: Straight Donations vs SeaMonkey Swag
I know I'm in a minority here, but I really like using SeaMonkey Composer for a few things. Not only is it a good web page editor and publisher, but I also use it as a light-weight word processor. I'm also the type of person that prefers paper books, rather than digital. So, I made myself a paper version of the user help documentation for Composer, simply because I wanted one. Recently, I put it up for general distribution on my Lulu page. I may be the only one who would want to have a Composer book on the bookshelf, but, what the heck?
Proceeds that are generate from any sales from this book will be donated to the SeaMonkey Project.
Just as an FYI, I think Lulu does an excellent job at printing books. Right now, I only have the book in paperback format, but I'm considering doing it in hard cover, too... just because Lulu produces really nice hard cover books.
https://www.lulu.com/shop/the-seamonkey ... 67j9q.html
If this sort of thing is frowned down upon here, then feel free to remove this posting.
Proceeds that are generate from any sales from this book will be donated to the SeaMonkey Project.
Just as an FYI, I think Lulu does an excellent job at printing books. Right now, I only have the book in paperback format, but I'm considering doing it in hard cover, too... just because Lulu produces really nice hard cover books.
https://www.lulu.com/shop/the-seamonkey ... 67j9q.html
If this sort of thing is frowned down upon here, then feel free to remove this posting.
My current rig: Acer Aspire One D257, ALT Linux (Sisyphus x86_64), Window Maker (0.96.0), SeaMonkey (2.53.18.2)