X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C650E11F6AC9 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:43:02 -0300 (ADT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Score: 0.165 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.165 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.165] Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id p0r3j09kIAiH for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:42:48 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from tinlc.com (unknown [72.18.206.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1281D11F6AC5 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:42:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=localhost) by tinlc.com with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FSM9Y-00027Y-7O; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:43:36 -0500 From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Further SPI X-PGP-Key: 2529 DF6A B8F7 9407 E944 45B4 BC9B 9067 1496 4AC8 X-Request-PGP: http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 In-Reply-To: <36e682920604081140m3bcb7595v8fc0927da3a8027b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 22:43:35 -0000 X-Mailer: JoyMail 2.01 Message-ID: X-Archive-Number: 200604/26 X-Sequence-Number: 8814 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I agree the process could be a lot better, but one thing I will point out: > What if I type in Postgres, Pg, PSQL, or PGSQL? > What if I mispel it? You can't make "assumptions" with people's money. > What if I say, PostgreSQL + Debian? I think the first two would be fine. The donations are are entered by hand by the SPI treasurer, and they can certainly contact the person leaving the donation if there is any question. However, our name is so unique that it is unlikekly to be mistaken for anything else! :) I'm not sure how they would handle that last case, but presumably, the money would be split 50/50 between the PG and Deb bucket. What we really need to do is accept PayPal. Yes, people have issues with them, they are Evil Incarnate, etc., but they are also the standard way of moving money around via the Internet, and I can only imagine that we are losing out of potential $$ by not including them. Using PayPal would also get around the current problem, but allowing a "single click to pay by credit card" option. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200604081839 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFEODyHvJuQZxSWSsgRAuaFAKCD0Ll2uO3O98g9OOYQDT7KwZF1NACeIYFE SzI5mIyt7xw/Ofhmy9IEMmA= =LRAx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----