Re: Listing recognised NPOs on the website - Mailing list pgsql-www

On 1/2/25 6:43 AM, Dave Page wrote:
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> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 at 16:13, Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net
> <mailto:rob@xzilla.net>> wrote:
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>     On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 7:11 AM Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org
>     <mailto:dpage@pgadmin.org>> wrote:
>      > On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 at 01:46, Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net
>     <mailto:rob@xzilla.net>> wrote:
>      >> +</p>
>      >> +<p>
>      >> +    For larger donations, please consider becoming a <a
>      >> +    href="/about/financial/">Financial Sponsor</a>.
>      >> +</p>
>      >> +
>      >>
>      >> This bit should probably be removed... I'm not sure what a "larger
>      >> donation" means and I suspect suggesting people become "financial
>      >> sponsors" is likely to confuse people who have been making "larger
>      >> donations" to the existing non-profits for years given this term
>     only
>      >> exists in the context of these few pages.
>      >
>      > I want to have something in there as we now have the concept of
>     financial sponsors for NPOs that wish to use it on the site (the
>     main reason for which is to have a place to put logos as one of the
>     benefits). I'm open to suggestions for better wording if you have any.
>      >
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>     I think the better wording is to remove it :-)
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>     Every NPO already accepts financial sponsorships, if you really want
>     to support the NPOs, you should encourage people to go directly to
>     those sites.
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> That is not correct at all. PostgreSQL Europe does not accept financial
> sponsors, and SPI certainly doesn't have a PostgreSQL sponsorship
> program. Those are just two quick examples from the top of my head; I'm
> sure there are more.
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> Secondarily, encouraging people to go directly to the NPO sites defeats
> the purpose of allowing the NPOs to list their sponsors on the main
> website - the whole point of the re-org of those pages was to help the
> NPOs supporting the project offer a much more visible benefit to their
> sponsors, as there isn't really any way to support postgresql.org
> <http://postgresql.org> directly.

I think it's good to have the wording in there for all the points Dave
makes; it has more visibility and provides guidance on how people can
get involved in supporting the recognized NPOs, if their wish is to do
so financially. Maybe, as originally suggested, it just needs rewording,
e.g.:

"There are different ways to support Recognised NPOs, including becoming
a <a href="/about/financial/">Financial Sponsor</a>. You can find out
more information about financial sponsorship on the <a
href="/about/financial/">financial sponsorship</a> page, or through a
Recognised NPOs website"

(Aside: I reviewed the patch again, and when it's applied it'll need the
updated "Last updated" date).