[Scale-planning] Amazon Smile and how to give

Lei Zhang leiz at socallinuxexpo.org
Tue Mar 7 07:56:22 UTC 2017


SCALE is listed as "Linux Expo of Southern California" on Amazon Smiles.

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Lan Dang <ldangmlist at gmail.com> wrote:
> I appreciate the recent discussion about SCaLE's mission as a nonprofit.
>
> Ever since I found out a couple of years ago that the Southern California
> Linux Expo is part of Amazon Smile, I've had it set as my charitable
> organization of choice.  I'm curious how much SCaLE gets from that program.
>
> Since it's painless and doesn't cost anything personally, I think it's worth
> promoting to people who aren't aware of it, or who don't already have a
> charitable organization they're championing.  Even if it's not SCaLE, there
> may be some other FOSS organization who could benefit from awareness of the
> Amazon Smile program.
>
> I was reading Kids on Computers' website and appreciated how clear they are
> about their donations and how they are used.
> http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/get-involved/donate
>
> Since Ron is working on the new website, a suggestion I would have is to
> have a similar donations page like this to show how individuals can
> passively or actively donate to SCaLE beyond our volunteer labor.
>
> Lan
>
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