Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 17:09:39 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: terryl@ienet.com, angio@aros.net, davidg@Root.COM, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -Stable, credit card donations to FreeBSD, Inc. Message-ID: <199606102309.RAA11729@terra.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <21137.834447620@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jun 10, 96 04:00:20 pm
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Does the additional bookkeeping headache also apply to credit cards, or is that out of the ballpark in general? Obviously, W.C. or whomever was providing the credit card service would get a bit of the money to pay for their effort, but I still believe it would increase the donation volume considerably. Lo and behold, Jordan K. Hubbard once said: > > > Also, there was mention of non-profit status. I think it would be time and > > money well spent to make it so that contributions were tax deductible. This > > would prove to be a major incentive for corporations like us to contribute > > funds, and more funds. > > Just to clarify this once more: If there were enough money coming in > to offset the headache of the additional bookkeeping, I'd do it (and > if I do, anyone who's donated in the last 24 months can get a > back-dated tax donation credit - I checked this out). However, we > need to get over the threshold first! :-) > > Jordan > -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."
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